Crop Pollination by Bees

Crop Pollination by Bees Edition 2

Volume 2 — Individual Crops and their Bees
Keith S. Delaplane
Paperback
September 2023
9781786393524
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    26th September 2023
  • ISBN 9781786393524
  • Language English
  • Pages 320 pp.
  • Size 7" x 9"
$130.00
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Since the second half of the 20th Century, our agricultural bee pollinators have faced mounting threats from ecological disturbance and pan-global movement of pathogens and parasites. At the same time, the area of pollinator-dependent crops is increasing globally with no end in sight. Never before has so much been asked of our finite pool of bee pollinators.

This book not only explores the evolutionary and ecologic bases of these dynamics, it translates this knowledge into practical research-based guidance for using bees to pollinate crops. It emphasizes conserving wild bee populations as well as culturing honey bees, bumble bees, and managed solitary bees. To cover such a range of biology, theory, and practice from the perspectives of both the pollinator and the crop, the book is divided into two volumes.

Volume 1 focuses on bees, their biology, coevolution with flowering plants, foraging ecology and management, and gives practical ways to increase bee abundance and pollinating performance on the farm. Volume 2 (this volume) focuses on crops, with chapters addressing crop-specific requirements and bee pollination management recommendations.

Both volumes are essential reading for farmers, horticulturists and gardeners, researchers and professionals working in insect ecology and conservation, and students of entomology and crop protection.

Author Biography

Preface to the 2000 Edition

Preface to the 2023 Edition

Acknowledgements

1 Pesticides and Crop Pollination by Bees

2 Alfalfa (Lucerne) Seed

3 Allspice (Pimento)

4 Almond

5 Apple

6 Apricot

7 Asparagus Seed

8 Avocado

9 Bean, Faba, Broad

10 Bean, Field, Hyacinth, Indian, Lablab

11 Bean, Jack, Horse, Feijão de Porco, Swordbean

12 Bean, Soy, Soybean

13 Black Currant, Red Currant

14 Blackberry

15 Blueberry

16 Brazil Nut

17 Buckwheat

18 Cabbage, Cauliflower and other Crucifer Seed

19 Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Melon, Muskmelon

20 Cardamom

21 Carrot

22 Cashew

23 Clover Seed (Alsike)

24 Clover Seed (Crimson)

25 Clover Seed (Red)

26 Clover Seed (White, Dutch, Ladino)

27 Clover Seed (Sweet)

28 Cocoa

29 Coffee

30 Cranberry

31 Cucumber

32 Feijoa

33 Guava

34 Kiwifruit

35 Loquat

36 Macadamia

37 Mango

38 Onion Seed

39 Passion Fruit

40 Peach and Nectarine

41 Pear

42 Plum and Prune

43 Pumpkin, Squash

44 Rapeseed, Canola

45 Raspberry

46 Rosehips

47 Shea Nut

48 Star Fruit

49 Strawberry

50 Sunflower

51 Sweet and Sour Cherry

52 Tomato

53 Vanilla

54 Watermelon

Index

Keith S. Delaplane

Keith S. Delaplane is a professor at the University of Georgia where he has responsibilities in research, graduate student advisement, and public outreach in pollinator management, social evolution, pathology, and conservation. He has won numerous awards including the highest honor for outreach faculty at the University of Georgia, a named professorship, the Walter B. Hill Fellow. In 2014 HRH Queen Elizabeth II recognized him as an honorary Member of the British Empire (MBE) for his research and education efforts throughout the UK.

wild bees; honey bees; pollination; pollinators; ageoecology; insect conservation; biodiversity conservation; fruit crops; crop pollination; horticulture; glasshouse cultivation; insect ecology; applied insect ecology