Welcome to Pollinator Paradise 
Where bees and flowers cooperate for mutual benefit

The alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata.
photo by Karen Strickler

Is it a bee?  The Logan bee lab helps you distinguish bees from other similar insects.
A bee identification exercise to try with master gardeners, kids and other groups.  

New!  Krombein's Trap-Nesting Wasps and Bees. On line!  Read about our new project.

New!  Follow our new study to increase the Oregon Berry Bee, Osmia aglaia, for pollination of cane fruits.  http://oregonberrybee.blogspot.com/

We have easy to clean BINDERBOARD® nesting systems. Click to Learn more.
A Pictorial Guide to Orchard Bee Management 
Download a 2009 Osmia management Calendar to print!

Read about our 2006 Summer Squash Research Project:
Harvest Frequency, Yield, and Economics of Summer Squash

Should bee species be moved across country or between countries? Read about the issues :  
"For Nonnative Crops, Whence Pollinators of the future?"

What is pollination?  Some definitions.

Visit a subweb:  

1.  The Pollination Ecology Web  
Managing Megachile rotundata, the alfalfa leafcutting bee; pollination of alfalfa flowers; alfalfa seed production; and  relevance to other crops. 
    Download an interactive model of alfalfa pollination.

2.  The Solitary Bee Web  
Solitary bees, or pollen bees, especially Osmia, the Blue Orchard Bee / Orchard Mason Bee and the Hornfaced Bee.  Also references about pollination in general.

3.  NMNBPP Web:  The New Mexico Native Bee Pollinator Project. 
(no frames version)

4.  The Nampa Farmers' Market

5.  Harvest Frequency, Yield, and Economics of Summer Squash