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Yard and Garden (2015)
Honey bees and their wild cousins are having hard times lately. See how you can help them all out by making your garden more bee-friendly, whether you have a cottage garden or vegetable garden, or even a drought-tolerant native plant garden.
    Cover page: California Bee-Friendly Garden Recipes
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    • Peer Reviewed
    California Agriculture, Volume 63, Issue 3 (2009)

    Evidence is mounting that pollinators of crop and wildland plants are declining worldwide. Our research group at UC Berkeley and UC Davis conducted a 3-year survey of bee pollinators in seven cities from Northern California to Southern California. Results indicate that many types of urban residential gardens provide floral and nesting resources for the reproduction and survival of bees, especially a diversity of native bees. Habitat gardening for bees, using targeted ornamental plants, can predictably increase bee diversity and abundance, and provide clear pollination benefits.

      Cover page: Native bees are a rich natural resource in urban California gardens
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      • Peer Reviewed
      Yard and Garden (2013)
      About three-quarters of all flowering plants rely on insects or birds for pollination, and that includes one-third of all crop plants. This publication shows you how to create a landscape that is welcoming for bees and many other pollinators.
        Cover page: How to Attract and Maintain Pollinators in Your Garden
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