
Crop Pollination by Bees.
Title:
Crop Pollination by Bees.
Author:
Delaplane, K.S.
ISBN:
9780851997834
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (360 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Author Biographies -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Benefits of Bee Pollination -- Chapter 2 Bee Pollination -- Chapter 3 Bees: An Overview -- Chapter 4 Bee Conservation -- Chapter 5 Honey Bees: Biology and Status as Pollinators -- Chapter 6 Honey Bees: Simplified Bee-keeping for Pollination -- Chapter 7 Honey Bees: Managing Honey Bees for Pollination -- Chapter 8 Bumble Bees -- Chapter 9 Alkali Bees -- Chapter 10 Other Soil Nesting Bees -- Chapter 11 Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees -- Chapter 12 Orchard Mason Bees -- Chapter 13 Carpenter Bees -- Chapter 14 Bees and Pesticides -- Chapter 15 Alfalfa (Lucerne) Seed -- Chapter 16 Almond -- Chapter 17 Apple -- Chapter 18 Asparagus Seed -- Chapter 19 Avocado -- Chapter 20 Bean (Lima) -- Chapter 21 Bean (Common, Green, Snap) -- Chapter 22 Beet Seed -- Chapter 23 Blackberry -- Chapter 24 Blueberry -- Chapter 25 Cabbage and Other Crucifer Seeds -- Chapter 26 Canola Seed (Oilseed Rape) -- Chapter 27 Cantaloupe -- Chapter 28 Carrot Seed -- Chapter 29 Cherry (Sweet, Sour) -- Chapter 30 Clover Seed (Alsike) -- Chapter 31 Clover Seed (Crimson) -- Chapter 32 Clover Seed (Red) -- Chapter 33 Clover Seed (White, 'Ladino') -- Chapter 34 Clover Seed (Sweet Clovers) -- Chapter 35 Cotton -- Chapter 36 Cranberry -- Chapter 37 Cucumber -- Chapter 38 Kiwifruit -- Chapter 39 Onion Seed -- Chapter 40 Peach and Nectarine -- Chapter 41 Pear -- Chapter 42 Pepper (Bell, Green, Sweet) -- Chapter 43 Plum and Prune -- Chapter 44 Raspberry -- Chapter 45 Soybean -- Chapter 46 Squash, Pumpkin and Gourd -- Chapter 47 Strawberry -- Chapter 48 Sunflower Seed -- Chapter 49 Tomato -- Chapter 50 Watermelon -- Chapter 51 Priorities in Technology Development, Research and Education -- Appendix 1 Bees and Bee-keeping Books and Supplies -- Appendix 2 Sample Bee-keeper/Grower Contract Draft Pollination Agreement For Consideration of Legal Counsel.
Appendix 3 Table of Pesticides -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This book is a practical research-based guide to using bees for crop pollination. It emphasizes conserving feral bee populations as well as more traditional methods of culturing honey bees and other bees.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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