Resources

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Resources for supporting native bees
Prepared by Jess Mullins and Patricia Simpson

Books (guides, textbooks)
The Bees in Your Backyard by Joseph Wilson and Olivia Messinger Carril
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691160771/the-bees-in-your-backyard

Common Bees of Western North America by Olivia Messinger Carril and Joseph Wilson
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691175508/common-bees-of-western-north-america

The Solitary Bees by Bryan Danforth, Robert Minckley, and John Neff
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691168982/the-solitary-bees

Bees of The World by Laurence Packer
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691226620/bees-of-the-world

California Bees and Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists by Gordon Frankie, Robbin Thorp, Rollin E. Coville, and Barbara Ertter
https://shop.eldoradocnps.org/product/california-bees-and-blooms/

Books (novels)
Dave Goulson https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/323591.Dave_Goulson
A Sting In The Tale: My Adventure With Bumble Bees
A Buzz in The Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm
The Garden Jungle: Gardening to Save the Planet
Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
Bee Quest

Laurence Packer
Keeping The Bees: Why All Bees are at Risk and What We Can Do To Save Them
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/keeping-the-bees-laurence-packer?variant=40974694645794

Books (children’s books)
Am I Even A Bee
https://www.amievenabee.com/

Bees Are The Best
https://www.beesinyourbackyard.com/product-page/bees-are-the-best

Online Resources (learn about bees)
Museum of the Earth – a virtual exhibit about bees!
https://www.museumoftheearth.org/bees

Bees in Your Backyard YouTube Channel (Joseph Wilson)
https://www.youtube.com/@TheBeesInYourBackyard

Zach Portman (bee taxonomist’s blog)
https://zportman.medium.com/

Pollinator Partnership, 7 Things to Support Bees
https://www.pollinator.org/7things

For kids: Ask a Mellitologist
https://kids.mongabay.com/?s=ask+a+melittologist

News!
The Great Bee Quest – A Community Expedition to Locate an Elusive Red Bee
https://www.nps.gov/maps/stories/the-great-bee-quest.html

Social Media
@beesatyork Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/beesatyork/

@beesip Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/beesip

@EntomologyAbby TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@entomologyabby?lang=en

Online Resources (identification)
iNaturalist
www.inaturalist.org

A guide to get you started: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started

How to photograph insects for iNaturalist
https://torreypine.org/bee-monitoring-project/bee-photography-tips/

BugGuide
https://bugguide.net/node/view/8267/bgpage

Exotic Bee Identification
https://idtools.org/exotic_bee/

How to identify bees with a microscope (weekly live meeting and recordings)
http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beemovies/index.html

Peter Bryant SoCal Guide to Bees and Sawflies
https://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hymenopt/Bees.htm

Podcasts
Bug Banter (by the Xerces Society)
https://www.xerces.org/bug-banter

PolliNation Podcast (by Oregon State University)
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/podcast/pollination-podcast

Bee Report Podcast
https://thebeereport.buzzsprout.com/

Films
My Garden of a Thousand Bees (PBS)
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/my-garden-thousand-bees-about/26263/

Native plant information and nurseries
California Native Plant Society San Diego Chapter
https://www.cnpssd.org/

San Diego Plant Atlas
https://www.sdplantatlas.org/

Xerces Society Pollinator Plant Lists
https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/pollinator-friendly-plant-lists

California Pollinator Conservation Resources (Xerces Society)
https://xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/california

Native West Nursery
https://nativewest.com/

Moosa Creek Nursery
https://www.moosacreeknursery.com/

Neel’s Nursery
https://neelsnursery.com/

CalScape – List of native Plant Nurseries in CA
https://calscape.org/plant_nursery.php

San Diego Coastal seasonal plant guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wtz5PC7o4LxQgoTsJs2vAlQ1HxhkDsIo/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=105833720519966042839&rtpof=true&sd=true