Book ID: 77663
Delaplane, K. S. and D. F. Mayer
Crop Pollination by Bees. 2000. illus. 352 p. gr8vo. Hardback.
Surveys and grower experience indicate that a crisis exists inpollinator populations. This book is a practical and authoritativeresearch - based guide to using bees for crop pollination. Itemphasizes conserving feral bee populations as well as more traditionalmethods of culturing honey bees and other bees. It addresses the biologyof pollination, culturing and managing bees for optimum croppollination. Individual pollination requirements and recommendationsfor the world's main crops are covered in 36 short chapters that makeup the second part of the book.