The Xerces Society: New Book + Wildflowers = Action for Bees

[Matthew Shepherd]

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  NEW
POLLINATOR BOOK
+ WILDFLOWER SEED
= ACTION FOR BEES

The Xerces Society's new book, *Attracting Native Pollinators*, is now
available. Combine this with wildflower seed from the Society's new online
Conservation Seed Store or a Bumble Bee Garden Kit, and you have everything
you need to take action for North America's bees.

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 [image: book cover] *Attracting Native Pollinators* provides the recipes
for pollinator conservation in any location. Within its more than 380, fully
illustrated pages, the book features:

   - Guidelines on how to select and establish the best nectar-and
   pollen-rich wildflowers for your region,
   - Construction plans for egg-laying or nesting sites,
   - Information on how to care for your garden, farm, park, or natural area
   in a way that creates the greatest benefit for bees, butterflies, and other
   pollinators,
   - A guide to common bees of North America,
   - Detailed lists of butterfly host plants, and
   - Design diagrams for urban gardens, office parks, roadsides, and other
   landscapes!


*Attracting Native Pollinators*, published by Storey Publishing, is
coauthored by Xerces Society staff and Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn of the Great
Sunflower Project. It features a foreword by MacArthur Award recipient Dr.
Marla Spivak.

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 [image: Example Image] When you are ready to take the next step, the Xerces
Society's new online Conservation Seed Store can provide you with quality
ingredients to realize your plans. Working with leading wildflower seed
producers in each region of the United States, the Society developed
pre-mixed blends of some of the best pollen and nectar plants available.
Local seed that is not treated with pesticides is used wherever possible.
Currently, the Seed Store offers only larger quantities of seed (suitable
for habitat enhancement projects) but garden clubs, master gardeners, or
groups of friends can benefit from the wholesale pricing by buying together
and dividing the seed. Additional selection and packet sizes are coming
soon, including small garden packets and butterfly host plants.


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 [image: garden] For gardens, the Society also offers the Bumble Bee Garden
Kit. This 38-plant collection includes ten of North America's best bumble
bee flowers, species such as purple coneflower, purple prairie clover,
bottle gentian, wild bergamot, and New England aster, as well as a native
bunch grass to provide potential nest sites. When mature, the plants will
cover about 40 square feet. Suitable for garden settings (as opposed to
natural areas) in most of the country, the kit will provide bloom from
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