Author : Maureen Lang
Publisher :
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781410453433
Raised at an exclusive boarding school in New York, Meg Davenport is shocked to discover upon her father's death that he was not a successful businessman, but one of the most talented thieves of the Gilded Age, and decides to seize the chance to build her own future.
Author : Nancy J. Hajeski
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1426217412
"This ... reference covers the wide world of birds, butterflies, and pollinating insects--including honeybees--and how to bring them into a yard and garden"--
Author : Danesha Seth Carley
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 37,63 MB
Release : 2021-02-06
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1469659425
This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial pollinators across the South. Combining up-to-date scientific information with artful design strategies, Danesha Seth Carley and Anne M. Spafford teach gardeners of all levels to plan, plant, and maintain successful pollinator gardens at home and in shared community sites. Everyday gardeners, along with farmers, scientists, and policy makers, share serious concerns about ongoing declines in bee and other pollinator populations, and here Spafford and Carley deliver great news: every thoughtfully designed garden, no matter how small, can play a huge role in providing the habitat, nourishment, and nesting places so needed by pollinators. This book explains all you need to be a pollinator champion. *Covers USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9, including twelve southern states *Explains what makes pollinators happy—bees, for sure, and many others, great and small *Brings science and art together in gardens of all types, including urban, food, container, community, school, and large-scale gardens *Provides step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, considering seasonality in your garden design, managing your garden throughout the year, and much more *Richly illustrated with photographs, design plans, and handy charts and lists
Author : The Xerces Society
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1603427473
With the recent decline of the European honey bee, it is more important than ever to encourage the activity of other native pollinators to keep your flowers beautiful and your grains and produce plentiful. In Attracting Native Pollinators, you’ll find ideas for building nesting structures and creating a welcoming habitat for an array of diverse pollinators that includes not only bees, but butterflies, moths, and more. Take action and protect North America’s food supply for the future, while at the same time enjoying a happily bustling landscape.
Author : Nancy Lawson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 2017-04-18
Category :
ISBN : 1616896175
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Author : Berkley Paige Claborn
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,26 MB
Release : 2017-10-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781978487024
This book is a collection of poems about how life stings, but can also be beautiful. Most of these I can say came out of my personal experiences but a lot of them are situations I witnessed. I created this book to let you know that you are not alone because there was a point in my life to where I felt as if I was. Here's to the bees that sting and to the butterflies that make you feel alive.
Author : Carole Gerber
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0805092110
Poems about the plant and insect world, designed to be read by two voices.
Author : Rebecca Bielawski
Publisher : Rebecca Bielawski
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1502481316
Watch our happy, helpful friend the Honey Bee, always so busy and buzzy and find out why bees and flowers are such good friends. Illustrations using vivid colours include many real flower species which children may recognise from their garden or have seen growing in the wild, 3 of them are named at the end of the book too. The narrator shows us what these fascinating bugs have been getting up to in her garden. What we can learn: concepts: Simple ideas about the life of a bee Bees are insects Some common flowers: Daisy, Poppy, Sunflower new words: Insect, Pollen, Nectar, Hive, Honeycomb, Blossoms PAGES: 26 WORDS: 262 LEVEL: Preschool to 6yrs Other books in the series: Meet Bacteria! Travelling Seeds MUMMY NATURE series – nurturing children's curiosity Each book in the series is one mini nature lesson wrapped up in colour and rhyme. These books are intended for very young children including toddlers and will give them just a glimpse into some of the wonders of the natural world. Illustrated for maximum vibrancy and visual impact, using rhyme to engage young minds and encourage participation. Read the rhymes to your children and soon they will be reading them to you! The narrator is a small child and keen observer who tells us in short rhyming phrases everything she thinks we should know, and all about the magical things she sees around her. Sometimes she is camouflaged in the long grass and other times she has to climb a tree to get a better look. tags: free kids books, free childrens books, books for kids, books for children, free educational books, stories for kids, early reader, children's stories, bedtime stories, kids ebooks, kids book about animals, beginning reader, free ebooks, preschool, ages 3-5, ages 6-8, childrens books ages 4-8, childrens nature books, kids nature, free animal books for kids, free childrens books ages 2-4, childrens free epub, kids box set, childrens non-fiction
Author : Marcus Schneck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 38,73 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0671892460
Practical and beautiful, this book shows how to attract butterflies to a back yard garden--and turn it into a fluttering paradise. Marcus Schneck explains the life cycles, migration patterns, and mating behavior of these creatures, and offers invaluable information on everything from pesticide-free garden maintenance to the use of feeders.
Author : Ben Raskin
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 34,89 MB
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1611805538
How to be a friend to bees, bugs & butterflies--an interactive guide to pollinators and their role in our gardens. This buzzing collection of exciting facts and activities will give you the inside knowledge on the power of pollination. Learn why pollination is so essential to the natural world through engaging projects and zany explanations--create characterful bug masks you can cut out and wear, play a game of Pollinator Pursuit (a fresh take on a traditional board game), and explore the menu at Predator Restaurant (who knew nematode nougat came in slug and vine weevil flavors?). By the end of Bees, Bugs & Butterflies you'll know how pollinators work and which creatures work with which flowers; you'll see how you can help pollinators by planting the right plants and creating safe homes for them; you'll learn about the amazing tricks plants play on insects; and you'll discover how to call nature's very own SOS team in to give our nectar-sipping buddies (and us) a helping hand.
