Research-based stories about how you can welcome pollinators into your garden and grow food without pesticides. Explore the relationship between chemicals and bee deaths and meet a scientist who became a beekeeper. Includes vibrant, color photography.
INSIDE
- Bee-coming a Beekeeper: An Interview with Andy Zaayenga
- Chemicals Used on Almond Trees Linked to Bee Deaths
- Urban Life of Bees: A Pollination-Parasite Trade-Off
- Tips for a Bee-Friendly Garden
- Urban Gardening’s Benefits Outweigh Lead Exposure Risk
- Gardening Alternatives to Pesticides
- Do Wandering Bees Help Spread Disease?
Plus an annotated bibliography with additional resources.