>*The Forgotten Pollinators, 1996.* Stephen L. Buchmann >and Gary Paul Nabhan. Describes pollinator ecology and >emphasizes importance of pollination to biodiversity and >agriculture. Explains that pollinator species are >declining due to human impacts, including pesticides, >trade agreements such as NAFTA and conversion of >wildlands to monocultural croplands. Combines >descriptions of ecological concepts with policy >recommendations and calls for greater efforts to protect >declining pollinator species. Appendix lists pollinators >of major crop plants, pesticides most harmful to >pollinators and related conservation and research >organizations. 292 pp. US$25. Island Press, 1718 >Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009; >phone (202) 232-7933; fax (202) 234-1328; email >lmagnino@islandpress.com. > >*Ten Essential Reasons to Protect The Birds and the >Bees: How an Impending Pollination Crisis Threatens >Plants and the Food on Your Table, 1996.* The Forgotten >Pollinators Campaign. Presents ten reasons to protect >pollinators, including that agricultural production >depends on pollination and that fewer pollinators lead >to fewer plants. Recommends actions for researchers, >farmers, gardeners, educators and policy-makers to >protect pollinators, stressing need to reduce pesticide >use, preserve habitat and implement interstate and >international pollinator protection programs. 16 pp. The >Forgotten Pollinators Campaign, Arizona-Sonora Desert >Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ, 85743; email >fpollen@azstarnet.com; >http://www.oldwestnet.com/asdm/fp/. This link works: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Forgotten Pollinators Overview http://www.desertmuseum.org/conservation/fp/ >*Global List of Threatened Vertebrate Wildlife Species >Serving as Pollinators for Crops and Wild Plants, 1996.* >Gary Paul Nabhan. Lists endangered pollinators including >marsupials, bats, primates, birds, carnivores and >rodents. Presents common names, scientific names and >inhabited regions. 16 pp. The Forgotten Pollinators >Campaign (see above). Our Forgotten Pollinators: Protecting the Birds and Bees By Mrill Ingram, Gary Nabhan and Stephen Buchmann http://www.pmac.net/birdbee.htm fpollen@azstarnet.com Source: Global Pesticide Campaigner Volume 6, Number 4, December 1996 PANNA, San Francisco, CA >>Pollinator Paradise/solitary bees (Karen Strickler's site) >>http://www.pollinatorparadise.com/Solitary_Bees/SOLITARY.HTM >> >>Non-/Apis/ bee vendors >>http://www.farm-ad.com/beez-neez/ >> >>Torchio Enterprises (retired USDA entomologist Phil Torchio) >>http://www.torchioenterprises.com/ >> >>USDA Bee Biology Lab (where Torchio is an emeritus) >>http://www.loganbeelab.usu.edu/home.htm >> >>Alternative pollinators >>http://www.pollinator.com/alt_pollinators.htm >> >>Pollination information by crop (though many dead links plague this site) >>http://www.pollinator.com/bycrop.htm Other pollinator links: http://www.thebeeworks.com/links/index.html