Dive into the world of pollinators and their habitats! Study bees and butterflies, learn about native flowers, or read a story based around the importance of these natural beings.
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100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators ThriveAdult Nonfiction - 571.8642 One
A Xerces Society publication, this guide describes United States flowers, shrubs, and trees that provide food for pollinators.
The History of BeesAdult Fiction - Lunde
Lunde weaves a story of family ties, climate change, and the importance of bees in this novel with three different storylines: one in 1852, one in 2007, and one in 2098.
100 Plants to Feed the Monarch: Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America’s Most Beloved ButterflyAdult Nonfiction - 638.5789 Lee
For practical information on providing a healthy habitat for the favored Monarch butterfly, follow this guide full of commercially available plants that will support the butterfly through different stages of its life cycle.
The Midwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-friendly GardenAdult Nonfiction - 635.95177 Bra
To help attract Earth friendly pollinators, such as native birds, butterflies, and bees, the author suggests native plants that will work in your Midwest home garden.
Attracting Native PollinatorsAdult Nonfiction - 631.52 Att
The Xerxes Society focuses on science-based research and the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats. This guide offers gardening techniques and information with color photographs of a large range of pollinators.
The Music of Bees: a NovelAdult Fiction - Garvin
Following some unsettling life events, Alice tries to find solace in the bees she's raising and builds community with the troubled young men she enlists in her efforts.
The Bees in Your Backyard : A Guide to North America's BeesAdult Nonfiction - 595.799 Wil
If you’re interested in learning how to identify and attract bees, this guide is for you! It includes history, identifying information, and pictures of over 900 species of bees.
Nature's Best Hope : A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your YardAdult Nonfiction - 635.951 Tal
Tallamy believes that the best way to approach conservation is through a grassroots movement, specifically your own back yard. He outlines how any homeowner can help declining wildlife and insect populations by changing the way they landscape their yard.
Bumblebee SeasonAdult Fiction - Garvin
A beekeeper, an immigrant, and a graduate student studying endangered bees band together to save a pollinator habitat in this moving and feel-good read.
Our Native Bees : North America's Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save ThemAdult Nonfiction - 595.799 Emb
Did you know honey bees aren’t native to North America? Take a journey with the author as she learns about the bees that are native—and struggling to survive—here in the United States.
Butterflies of the Midwest Field GuideAdult Nonfiction - 595.789 Dan
Identify butterflies in your local environment using this detailed guide which organizes butterflies and moths by color.
Plant This, Not That: Over 200 Native Plant Swaps for a more Sustainable Pollinator-Friendly GardenAdult Nonfiction - 635.951 How
Learn about beneficial native plants that can act as substitutes for common non-native (and often invasive) plants in your landscape.
Flight BehaviorAdult Fiction - Kingsol
Kingsolver brings together a complex and beautiful tale about Dellarobia Turnbow, an unsatisfied wife and mother in rural Tennessee, who discovers a forest full of Monarch butterflies. Is it a miracle or an ecological disaster?
Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe, and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native PlantsAdult Nonfiction - 595.715 Hol
A comprehensive guide to pollinator information covering the Midwest, Great Lakes, and beyond. You'll find answers to your questions about pollination, types of pollinators, as well as pollinator landscape plans.
Go Native! : Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower MidwestAdult Nonfiction - 635.95177 Har
Recommended by the Indiana Native Plant Society, this easy guide to growing a native garden focuses specifically on the Lower Midwest region.
Wildflowers of the Midwest: A Timber Press Field GuideAdult Nonfiction - 582.13 Hom
This field guide helps readers identify wildflowers in the eight states of the Midwest region, in all different ecosystems including forests, woodlands, wetlands, prairies, barrens, and rock outcrops.