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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
328 p.
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, an award-winning entomologist and conservationist explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making.
Drawing on thirty years of research, Goulson has written an accessible, fascinating, and important book that examines the evidence of an alarming drop in insect numbers around...
Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
176 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author explains the synergy between plants and pollinators, illuminating how and why they work so well together, and how ordinary gardeners are an integral part of the system.
7) National Wildlife Federation field guide to insects and spiders & related species of North America
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
496 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This revised and updated edition of Jessica Walliser's award-winning “Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden” offers a valuable and science-backed plan for bringing balance back to the garden.
With this indispensable gardening reference-now updated with new research, insights, and voices-learn how to create a healthy, balanced, and diverse garden capable of supporting a hard-working crew of beneficial pest-eating insects and eliminate the need...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
3rd edition.
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Backyard Beekeeper, now revised and expanded, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to gardeners, crafters, and cooks everywhere. This expanded edition gives you even more information on "greening" your beekeeping with sustainable practices, pesticide-resistant bees, and urban and suburban beekeeping.