Garden plant list for US native bees

[Doug Yanega]

Since some folks here are interested in butterfly gardening, I thought this
might be of interest. No reason not to make one's garden suitable for more
than just butterflies, as long as one is inclined towards wildlife.

>Sender: Pollination and Palynology List <POLPAL-L at LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA>
>From: James Cane <jcane at BIOLOGY.USU.EDU>
>Subject:      Garden plant list for US native bees
>
>Folks- for those of you that might be interested, I've compiled a list
>of garden plant genera available in the US, species of which are used by
>some of our native bee fauna.  It is a work in progress, with
>anticipated revisions this winter to incorporate suggestions by several
>colleagues (and likely some future contributors too).  The tables can be
>seen at our lab's web site, whose address is:
>
>http://www.LoganBeeLab.usu.edu/
>
>Simply click on "bee garden" and have  a look.
>
>Feel free to distribute the list as you see fit, or download for
>yourself to tailor to your local circumstances or interests.
>
>yours,
>
>jim cane
>--
>USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Lab
>Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5310 USA
>tel: 435-797-3879   FAX: 435-797-0461
>email: jcane at biology.usu.edu
>web page: http://www.LoganBeeLab.usu.edu/
>Carpe Biem!


Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
           http://entmuseum9.ucr.edu/staff/yanega.html
  "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
        is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82



 
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