Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service - This publicationprovides information and resources on planning for, protecting, and creating habitat for native bees in agricultural settings. Creating and preserving native bee habitat benefits farmers of specialty crops such as almonds, apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, pears, plums, squash, tomatoes, and watermelons. But, it is not just the crops WE eat that depend on native pollinators. Oil and biofuel crops such as canola and sunflower require bee pollination. Even meat and dairy industries depend on bee pollination to produce forage seeds such as alfalfa and clover. Often, these native pollinators are more efficient than honey bees! Click here to access the publication.
