{"product_id":"managing-alternative-pollinators-book","title":"Managing Alternative Pollinators (Book)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFirst published in 2010,\u003ci\u003e Managing Alternative Pollinators \u003c\/i\u003ewas the first (and is possibly still the only), step-by-step, full-color guide for a completely different kind of beekeeping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNot focused on honey bees, this is a guide to rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees, with additional notes on the rearing of other pollinator species for specialty crop production, such as the ground-nesting alkali bee, and the blue bottle fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWritten by Northwest Meadowscapes’ Eric Lee-Mäder, University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus of Entomology Marla Spivak, and the University of Minnesota Bee Lab’s Elaine Evans, this book covers everything from:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe natural history of bees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe biology of pollination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow-to guidance on raising these alternative bee species in various nesting systems (including nest construction)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eManaging alternative pollinators for crop pollination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIdentifying and controlling the parasites and diseases of non-honey bees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSupplementing habitat for non-honey bee pollinators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eReducing the effects of crop pesticides on bees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is an uncommon kind of textbook, authored in the years just proceeding the arrival of Colony Collapse Disorder in the early 2000s, before “pollinator” became a household word. This is a template for an entirely different kind of beekeeping!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFull color, 160-pages.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51373797179638,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-30at11.43.43PM.png?v=1785480940","url":"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/managing-alternative-pollinators-book","provider":"Northwest Meadowscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}