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Pollination Beekeepers
(Apicultores que alquilan las colmenas de la abeja para la polinización)

  One looks at the incredible complexity and beauty of the pollination process, and says, "It's a cosmic accident." Another says, "I see evidence of a Designer." Each gambles, but only one can win. Who is the fool?

1. Managing Pollination,  (Index to pollination management resources)
       What's buzzin' in my garden? - Identifying bees and (mostly beneficial) insects often mistaken for bees.
        Pollination Information by Crop       (Also check McGregor's pollination handbook for specific crops)

2. Gallery One:  Index to onsite images: Flowers and their visitors:  bees, bee mimics, beetles, hymenopterans, flies and others. (Note: images are copyrighted, restrictions apply to use.)

• A visual examination of another feral colony for parasites: a pictorial

• Movies!   Yup, we got 'em...sounds too, if your computer can handle it...dancing bees, piping queens, chewing paper wasps...  (Because of space limitation, these are at another domain)

3.  Kid's Good Bug Page   (Off site and under construction) Help for homework and school projects

4.  Photographic Plant/Pollinator Database   Many such databases exist (some are linked here) but this one features photos of plants and their pollinators, with notes.

5.  Side Trips:   Themes related to pollination

• Threats to Pollination:   New Parasites    Pesticide Misuse    Worldwide
  Great Pics from Penn State of diseases, parasites, etc.
  Saving Pollinators: Forgotten Pollinators Campaign
  Pollination Fact Sheet from the Ecological Society of America
  Competition between native and introduced bees?  California and Costa Rica
  NEW!  Imidacloprid (Gaucho):  New Threat to North American pollinators? The French say it's been killing their bees; now it is coming to Canada and the US.    Proposed EPA Label Changes for Pesticides that impact bees
  Saving Pollinators

• What is modern beekeeping like?  Learn how a migratory commercial beekeeper works to pollinate crops and make honey at  Kutik's Honey Farm    Lots of photos!

• The Sao Paulo declaration on Pollinators    An international symposium
  Biodiversity and Food Security
  Bees and Genetic Manipulation:  some resources

• Wildflower Pollination (New section, Nov. '00)  Papers, etc., published on the internet
  Endangered Species: Loss of habitat or loss of pollinators

• Jan's "Of Bees, Beekeepers and Food" the story of our loss of bees, and the effect on our food     For educators, students, laymen: folks who want to know the issues, but not the technical stuff.

• Commercial Horticulture Links: Crop by Crop
  Home Horticulture Links:  Gobs o'Gardening Stuff, Backyard Fruit, etc.
  Entomology Resources
  Beekeeper Resources    Especially for beginning beekeepers
  Coming soon:  NEW SECTION - Biodiversity links and resources
  Coming soon:  NEW SECTION - Genetic Modification (GMO plants) and bees

• FAQS:   (Frequently Asked Questions)
  Will my cucumbers, squash and melons cross pollinate and be ruined?
  I'd like to keep bees, but I'm afraid of being stung...
  Haaalp!  I've been stung by a "bee."     (It's almost impossible to exclude all stinging insects from your home               environment, but here are some suggestions that might help.)  Fact and fiction: Identify and know about bees, yellow                    jackets, hornets, allergies, control, and more
  Growing apples from seeds FAQ
  "Attracting Pollinators" -a flawed concept!
  "Are orchard mason bees better pollinators than honeybees?"
  Poison Ivy - Honey connection?  My own experience  (A potential research topic, any grad students?)

• Pollinators Are Not Interchangeable  
  The first prerequisite to enhancing pollination is to know the preferences of the pollinator and the efficiency of the various pollinators for each plant species. There have been numerous starts at building a pollinator/plant database. Such a database would be a good starting point, but a comprehensive one doesn't exist, so far as we know.   Here is a wildflower/pollinator database by Adalbert Goertz, Colorado naturalist.
  Here is also a Pollinator Diversity Study you can do.

• "Killer Bees" can be gentle, if there are beekeepers who can breed from the best.. Visit South African Bee Breeder Barry Sargeant to see him working without a veil...and still alive!

• Slide Shows
   Hiving an Easy Swarm
  Transferring Wild Bees into a Hive
   SC State Fair Pollination Exhibit:  Blue ribbon winner!     

• Down for the Count?  Are honeybees disappearing from North America?  
  Pollinators in Peril    CNN news story
  Pollinator Decline:  Theme of current issue of Conservation Ecology  Good articles on native bees, ignores honeybees and migratory beekeepers who have helped fill in the gap.
  The Economic Impacts of Pollinator Declines  An important article by Kevan and Phillips  U of Guelph, ONT

• Bee Genera of the World The latest classification of the bees

• Hymenoptera: the order of insects responsible for the bulk of insect pollination, includes bees wasps, hornets, yellow jackets.  Most of the focus of this page is on bees and practical pollination information, but hornets and wasps do also play a smaller role. These creatures are also important for pest insect control, as well. For more on identifying hymenoptera, links, scientific papers, etc.
  Wild Bees and Other Pollinators

• Bee Stings help save North Carolina woman's life - Her battle with Multiple Sclerosis

• Feed the Birds!    Birds and bees really are connected!

• Canaries in the Mine?     Bees as sensitive indicators of environmental pollution

• Pollination:  Evolutionist's Dilemma    Evolution vs Creation             Comments welcome
  Faith of a Scientist:  A Christian evolutionary view            Comments welcome

6.  More Beneficial Insects (and Other Helpful Creatures) Pollinators aren't the only good bugs.

• Other Beneficial Insects and Creatures      (Vendor list: see below)

7. News and Events:   a bulletin board

8. Commercial Links  (For info only, no endorsement implied)
   Honeybee: Buy/sell board Reader Ads: Bees and equipment for sale.   Note: We do not attempt to provide a list of commercial honeybee suppliers for purchase, as there are many such lists available. One we recommend can be found at Bee Source. Also check Beekeeper Resources here for more leads to links
   Pollination Beekeepers    Pollination service (beehive leasing for pollination)
   Help wanted/help available Employment in the Pollination/beekeeping world
   Other Bees and Pollinators:  Alternative Pollinator Vendors
  Vendors of Beneficial Insects
   Pollen Vendors
   Pheromones (Chemical Bee Attractants) 
   Tools and Equipment for pollination   

8. Essays

  Hate 'em or Love 'em?    a brief essay
  I've got no worms in my 'maters!  Without poisons!  In South Carolina!

9. Fun Stuff 

La abeja haragana  de Horacio Quiroga -  (Lazy bee), a folk tale from Uruguay (in Spanish)

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