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Here are a number of web-sites with general information about pollination and pollinators for people of all ages and backgrounds. Some have lesson plans or project ideas that teachers or those working with youth may find helpful, and many give examples of pollinator-friendly plants and the insects they may attract. Don't forget to look at the other pages on our web-site, www.pollinationguelph.ca.
Great Resources
Diversions - Video clips, lectures, and games
Pollinator Identification
Great Resources
Pollinator Partnership
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC)
The Xerces Society
Pollination Canada – Be a pollinator observer
The Pollinator Conservation Digital Library
Michigan State University - Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants
UC Berkeley’s Guide to Bee-Friendly Gardens
LifeCycles – Bee Gardens
Canadian Gardening – Build a Bee Box
Audubon Magazine - Resources to help you create a bee garden of your own
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bumble-Boosters Program – Information about bumblebees
The Evergreen Native Plant Database
North American Native Plant Society
US Forest Service – Pollinators
US Fish & Wildlife Service – Pollinators
David Suzuki Foundation – Pollinators
Canadian Wildlife Federation – Issues of Concern - Pollinators
Canadian Wildlife Federation National Wildlife Week (2008’s theme was Pollinators, 2009’s theme is Native Plants)
Hinterland's Whos Who - Pollinator fact sheets
The Monarch Butterfly in North America
The Great Sunflower Project - Join the Hunt for Bees
European Pollinator Initiative
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pollinator Conservation
NSERC – CANPOLIN - Canadian Pollination Initiative
Diversions – Video clips, lectures, and games
NOVA – Pick the Pollinator game
Häagen-Dazs – Help the Honeybees
Hinterland Who's Who - short video clips (select “pollinators” under “misc. clips” from drop-down list at bottom of page), and a longer one
MonarchLIVE - a program to promote interest in conservation and science, featuring web-casts about butterflies, their migration, and more
"Pollinators and Their Conservation: History, International Context and Canada's Role" – a talk by Dr. Peter Kevan of the University of Guelph
“Where Have the Bees Gone?” - a talk by Dennis van Engelsdorp, Acting State Apiarist for Pennsylvania's Department of Agriculture
“A Plea for the Bees’ Needs” – Talk by Dr. Elizabeth Elle, Simon Fraser University,
Plus many sites listed under “Great Resources” above
Help for Pollinator Identification
A set of 5 identification slide shows on the genera of bees of Eastern North America are available for viewing on-line, while the compressed slide shows are also available for downloading
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, with keys to identify bees and bee flies of Eastern Canada
Xerces Society Bumblebee Identification Guides, for 3 species of Bombus
The U.S. National Entomological Collection (National Museum of Natural History) now has type specimen information for its bee collection available on the internet
Krombein, et al. (Eds). 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Volumes 1-4. Available for free download
Butterflies of Canada
Great Sunflower Guide to Bees
Discover Life: search by species
International Bee Research Association Fact Sheets
Plus many sites listed under “Great Resources” above