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Beekeeper's Handbook -- Fourth Edition

This handbook from Cornell University Press gives step-by-step directions accompanied by more than 100 illustrations for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony and a generous supply of honey.

Publication Number:: 3543

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Bees in the Neighborhood: Best Practices for Urban Beekeepers

Learn beekeeping basics as they apply to urban environments as well as how to keep your bees good neighbors. Good for bees, good for beekeepers, and good for neighbors.

Publication Number:: 8596

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California Bee-Friendly Garden Recipes

Honey bees and their wild cousins are having hard times lately. See how you can help them out by making your garden more bee-friendly, whether you have a cottage garden or vegetable garden, or even a drought-tolerant native plant garden.

Publication Number:: 8518

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California Bees and Blooms

In this absorbing guidebook, bee and botany experts from UC Berkeley’s Urban Bee Lab introduce us to the undomesticated bees that populate and pollinate our gardens, fields, and urban green spaces.

Publication Number:: 3546

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Common Bees in California Gardens

Nearly 1600 species of native bees can be found in California's rich ecosystems; this colorful pocket field guide will help you identify bees commonly found in urban gardens and landscapes.

Publication Number:: 3552

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Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees

This bestselling guide was developed especially for backyard orchardists, rare fruit growers, and small-scale growers.

Publication Number:: 3485

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How to Attract and Maintain Pollinators in Your Garden

About three-quarters of all flowering plants rely on insects or birds for pollination, and that includes one-third of all crop plants. This publication shows you how to create a landscape that is welcoming for bees and many other pollinators.

Publication Number:: 8498

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How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides

Discusses methods to protect bees from hazards associated with pesticide application.

This free publication is available by download.

Publication Number:: PNW591

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Landscaping Tips to Help Defend Your Home from Wildfire

You can have both a beautiful landscape and a defensible fire-safe zone (minimum 100 feet) around your rural home. Get the basics, plus helpful Internet links and a 3-part poster in this publication.

Publication Number:: 8322

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Pests of the Garden and Small Farm, 3rd Edition

This essential handbook adapts scientifically based integrated pest management techniques to the needs of the home gardener and small-scale or urban farmer.

Publication Number:: 3332

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Songbird, Bat and Owl Boxes

This handy guide explores the benefits of the biodiversity and aesthetics of songbirds, bats, and owls. While written with vineyard managers in mind, anyone interested in learning about nest boxes will find this guide useful.

Publication Number:: 21636

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