Lots of additional information on plants, pollinators and prairie ecosystems can be found in books, journal articles and on other websites. Some general articles on pollination and websites of interest to anyone are noted below. Specific resources that will be useful for teachers, for explorers who wish to visit Museums or prairie parks, for gardeners, for farmers and ranchers, and for scientists and students are also provided.
Pollination Articles
- The Walrus Magazine: “Fight of the bumblebee”
- New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries: “Native bees that pollinate wild blueberries”
- Science News: “Native pollinators boost crop yields worldwide”
- Ars Technica: “Bees can sense—and learn from—the electric fields of flowers”
- The Grower (January 2012, page 14): “Pollinating bees can now suppress crop pests”
Websites
- Pollination Canada
- NSERC-CANPOLIN
- Hinterland Who’s Who
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (University of Texas)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Plant Watch
- Plants for a Future
- Practical Plants
- Seeds of Diversity
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Discover Life
- Nature Manitoba
- Brisbane Insects and Spiders
- Teaching Biology
- Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada: Canadian Medicinal Crops
- EDIS Featured Creatures collection (University of Florida)
- Hummingbirds.Net
- eButterfly
- Pollinator Partnership