Befriending Bumble Bees: A practical guide to raising local bumble bees - Paperback
Befriending Bumble Bees: A practical guide to raising local bumble bees - Paperback
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by Elaine Evans (Author), Ian Burns (Author), Patrick Lhomme (Author)
In Befriending Bumble Bees, you will learn how to raise your own bumble bee colonies. This step by step guide provides you with all the information you will need to find, capture, house, and feed the next generation of bumble bees.
Bumble bees are formidable pollinators, pollinating crops such as tomatoes, cranberries, blueberries, and squash, in addition to native wildflowers. Enjoy the benefits these bees can provide to your gardens and crops while helping to support native ecosystems by encouraging populations of these amazing bees.
An additional author is Marla Spivak, a MacArthur Fellow and McKnight Distinguished Professor in Entomology at the University of Minnesota.
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