California Bees & Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists

by Gordon W Frankie, Rollin Coville, Robbin W Thorp, et al.

California is home to over sixteen hundred species of undomesticated bees--most of them native--that populate and pollinate our gardens, fields, and urban green spaces. In this absorbing guidebook, some of the state's preeminent bee and botany experts introduce us to this diverse population. California Bees and Blooms holds a magnifying glass up to the twenty-two most common genera (and six species of cuckoo bees), describing each one's distinctive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597142948
• ISBN13: 9781597142946
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.8"