100 Plants to Feed the Bees

100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive - by the Xerces Society

The first simple step toward protecting our pollinators is to provide the flowers they need, using no pesticides. With abundant native wildflowers, your task is even simpler: don’t mow them down!

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 support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the right plants for pollinators, protect them from pesticides, and provide abundant blooms throughout the growing season by mixing perennials with herbs and annuals! 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators.

About the Author

The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Established in 1971, the Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. They are the authors of 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch, 100 Plants to Feed the Birds, Farming with Native Beneficial Insects, and Attracting Native Pollinators. 

Author: The Xerces Society
Publisher:  Storey Publishing
Copyright © 2016
ISBN: 9781612127019
Paperback: 240 pages
Dimensions: 6" x 8"