This engaging and easy-to-use natural history guidebook provides a
thorough overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools
for identifying the most common bees of California and the Western
United States. Full-color illustrations introduce readers to more
than 30 genera of native bees, noting each one's needs and habits
and placing them in their wider context. The author highlights
bees' ties to our own lives, the food we eat, and the habitat we
provide, and suggests ways to support bees in our own
backyards.
In addition to helping readers understand and distinguish among
major groups of bees, this guide reveals how bees are an essential
part of healthy ecosystem and how many plants, including important
crop plants, depend on the pollination they provide. As growing
evidence points to declining bee populations, this book offers
critical information about the bond between plants and pollinators,
and between humans and nature. Thoroughly researched and full of
new insights into the ancient process of pollination, Field
Guide to the Common Bees of California; Including Bees of the
Western United States is invaluable for the window it opens
onto the biodiversity, adaptive range, and complexity of
invertebrate communities.
eISBN: 978-0-520-95688-9
Subjects: Botany & Plant Sciences
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