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Guardians of the Garden: The Fascinating Lives of Pollinators

Explore the essential roles of pollinators in sustaining ecosystems and how to attract pollinators to your yard or garden.

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  • Honey Bee

    a First Field Guide to the World's Favorite Pollinating Insect

    Basu, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti,
    Journey into a beehive to study honey bees in this beautiful nonfiction field guide for kids. You might know that honey bees dance to let each other know where to find the best flowers, but there's so much more to learn about these important…
    Book, 2023Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023] — 595.799 B327h
  • Bats

    An Illustrated Guide to All Species

    Taylor, Marianne, 1972-
    This richly illustrated handbook presents bats' evolution, biology, behavior, and ecology. It offers in-depth profiles of four hundred megabats and microbats and detailed summaries of all the species identified to date.
    Book, 2018Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2018] — 599.4 T244b
  • Many insects drink nectar and collect pollen from flowers, and in the process they help plants reproduce. Readers will investigate how bees, butterflies, ants, and other insects assist in pollination. Simple text and supportive photos and diagrams…
    eBook, 2017Lerner Publishing Group|Lerner Publishing Group, 2017
  • Butterflies

    Beautiful Flying Insects

    Photopoulos, Julianna,
    An outstanding collection of photographs showcasing nature's most beautiful and often elusive butterflies and moths, covering their habitats, their transition from egg to caterpillar and from chrysalid to adult, as well as their behavior, lifecycle,…
    Book, 2023London : Amber Books, 2023. — 595.789 P5758b
  • Attracting Native Pollinators

    Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies : the Xerces Society Guide

    Bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, flies, and some beetles pollinate more than 70 percent of flowering plants, but North America's native pollinators face multiple threats to their health and habitat. The Xerces Society offers a complete action plan…
    Book, 2011North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., [2011] — 631.5 A8858
  • Pollinators We Cannot Live Without

    Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species, Episode 6

    Insect pollinators contribute about $195 billion to the global economy, pollinating approximately 80% of the most important crops worldwide. Explore the complexities of these insects, the many types of pollination they perform, and the…
    Streaming Video, 2022The Great Courses, 2022
  • How to Create a Butterfly Garden

    Bringing the Beauty of Butterflies Into Your World

    Tekulsky, Mathew, 1954-
    Butterfly gardening is the practice of attracting beautiful butterflies to your garden by growing common plants and flowers that they use for food and nectar. This fun and wonderfully simple activity will bring color, light, and beauty to your…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2023] — 638.5789 T2669h
  • The Bee-friendly Garden

    Design An Abundant, Flower-filled Yard That Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity

    Frey, Kate, 1960-
    For every gardener who cares about the planet, this guide to designing a bee garden helps you create a stunningly colorful, vibrant, healthy habitat that attracts both honeybees and native bees.
    Book, 2016Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, 2016. — 595.799 F893B
  • Grow a Living Wall

    Create Vertical Gardens With Purpose : Pollinators - Herbs & Veggies - Aromatherapy - Many More

    Coronado, Shawna,
    In Grow a Living Wall, you'll find clear, step-by-step information that explains everything you need to know to create your own vertical gardens. Choosing equipment and plants, making growing medium, planting and watering, and even hanging your…
    Book, 2015Minneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2015. — 635 C822G
  • The Pollinator Victory Garden

    Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butt

    Eierman, Kim
    Learn how to transition your landscape into a pollinator haven by creating a habitat that includes pollinator nutrition, larval host plants for butterflies and moths, and areas for egg laying, nesting, sheltering, overwintering, resting, and…
    eBook, 2020Quarry Books, 2020