Want to create a buzz-worthy pollinator garden? Think Mason bees live in jars? Liz Whiteford and Kath Cook from Contra Costa Master Gardeners will discuss the basics of creating a pollinator habitat in your garden. We’ll take a broad look at the key elements required to attract pollinators, along with an exploration of specific native bee habitats you can create to attract Mason and Leafcutter bees. Bring your curiosity and learn how to amp up your garden to buzz-worthy status!
-UC’s Integrated Pest Management home page: The official guidelines for managing pests in home gardens and landscapes: http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/menu.homegardem.html
Websites
-Haagen Dazs Honey Bee Haven: list of shade and low water bee plants: https://beegarden.ucdavis.edu/BeeGardeningResources
-UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab: Best Bee Plants for California: http://www.helpabee.org/best-bee-plants-for-California
-How to create a Hummingbird-Friendly Yard: https://www.audobon.org/content/how-to-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard
-Meet the Pollinators: http://ucanr.edu/sites/PollenNation/Meet_the_Pollinators
-California Native Plant Society: www.cnps.org
-The Pollinator Partnership www.pollinator.org
Publications
-California Bees and Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists
Gordon Frankie, Robbin Thorp, Rollin Coville, and Barbara Ertter
-Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies. The Xerces Society Guide https://xerces.org/
-How to Attract and Maintain Pollinators in Your Garden https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8498.pdf
-UC Davis: 10 Bees and 10 Plants https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/pollinator-gardening
-US Forest Service: Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden Using Native Plants www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/animals/AttractingHummingbirds.pdf
Garden to Visit
Haagen Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis https://beegarden.ucdavis.edu
