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Pollinator Conservation Handbook: A Guide to Understanding, Protecting, and Providing Habitat for Native ...

2 reviews
Matthew Shepherd, Stephen L. Buchmann, ...

The Xerces Society, 2003

Got Pollinators?
If you're not sure, want to attract more, are a home gardener, restorationist, or simply care about nature you will want to read this book. It is the first of its kind: a simple, well-written and comprehensive handbook all about pollinators. Not just butterflies and bees, but some flies, moths, beetles and others that you may not have considered. Did you know that pollinators are responsible ...

Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind

10 reviews
Stephen L. Buchmann, 2008

Wonderful read!
This book delivered on all expectations, and then more. I was fascinated by the descriptions of the honey hunts by various peoples, how honey is used as medicine, the history of honey, the recipes, etc. The one thing I would have liked to see more is information about honey in South America. Buchmann touched on the topic briefly, but never really elaborated like he did with other places. Yet I ...

The Pollinators

9 reviews
Stephen L. Buchmann, Gary Paul Nabhan

Island Press, 1997

The Buds 'n the Bees
Honey bees are less easily forgotten in 2008 than they were in 1997, when this book was published. Any crisis is good press, and several threats to honey bees - sudden hive collapse, viral and other infestations, etc - have put the hives on the front pages lately. A serious decline in the population of commercial pollinators does threaten America's agricultural productivity, especially of orchard ...