Workman Publishing 100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive

Presents information about one hundred plants that provide flowers for bees and other pollinators, describing height, flower color, planting requirements, uses, recommended varieties, and the pollinators that visit. A user-friendly field guide, in response to the international bee crisis threatening our global food supply, shows what we can do to help protect our pollinators by providing profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. Original. Bees, along with other pollinators, are essential to food production and ultimately human life, and their survival is in critical peril. One of the simplest ways we can help ensure their future is by providing and protecting the plants they thrive on. In an at-a-glance, photo-driven format, 100 Plants to Save the Bees presents 100 nectar- and pollen-rich plants that home gardeners can cultivate to create a more bee-friendly world and turn their backyards, fields, and vacant lots into pollinator paradises. The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: sow seeds for some plants — such as basil, rhododendron, and blueberries — and simply don’t mow down abundant native species, including aster, goldenrod, and milkweed. 100 Plants to Save the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators. Autorid: The Xerces Society