Crop Pollination by Bees [Op]

by Daniel F. Mayer and Keith S. Delaplane

The collapse of the ubiquitous honeybee population during the past 20 years has caused a pollination vacuum for many crops. Surveys and grower experience indicate that a crisis exists in our pollinator populations. This book is an accessible, practical and authoritative research-based guide to using bees for crop pollination. It emphasizes conserving feral bee populations as well as more traditional methods of culturing honeybees and other bees. There...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851994482
• ISBN13: 9780851994482
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.5"