Resources
- Promoting Pollinators on Your Place: A Wyoming Guide (Including Appendices) (Large PDF file 38MB (UW Extension, Barnyards and Backyards)
- Calendar of Plant Blooms (UW Extension, Barnyards and Backyards)
- More info on Pollinators under "Beneficial Insects" on our Insects Resource Page
Documents
Websites
- BugGuide.Net Insect ID site
- Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
- Native Bees of Wyoming Field Guide links under Field Guides and Booklets to purchase online
Videos
Documents
- Appendix 1: Plant Portraits for Selected Plants From the Bloom List (plants from bloom planning list and example wildflower seed mix)
- Gardening for Natives Bees in Utah and Beyond (Utah State University Extension)
- Gardening and Landscaping Practices for Nesting Native Bees (Utah State University Extension)
- Tunnel Nests for Native Bees-types of nests one can provide and how to reduce pests,pathogens (Xerces Society)
Websites
- Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) -click on "Regional Checklists" and then click on insect of interest to see food plants for each species
- eBird- find hummingbird arrival dates on this website
- Sources that sell plants and seeds: Link for Plants, Link for Seeds
Gardening for Native Bees in Utah and Beyond, Utah State University Extension Fact Sheet
Gardening and Landscaping Practices for Nesting Native Bees, Utah State University Extension Fact Sheet
Tunnel Nests for Native Bees: Nest Construction and Management , (discusses types of nests you can provide and how to reduce pests and pathogens)
Xerces Society (advocacy group)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (Click on "Regional Checklists" and then click on insect of interest to see food
plants for each species.)
Finding hummingbird arrival dates eBird website
Documents
- Best Management Practices for Pollination in Crops (University of Guelph)
- Establishing Pollinator Meadows From Seed (Xerces Society)
- Farming For Bees (Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation)
- Gardening and Landscaping Practices for Nesting Native Bees (Utah State University Extension)
- Insect Pollinators and Pesticide Product Stewardship (Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship, Syngenta, Bayer CropScience and others)
- Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West (USDA Plant Materials Technical Note)
- Plant Materials for Pollinators and Other Beneficial Insects in Eastern Utah and Western Colorado (USDA Plant Materials Technical Note)
- Seeding Pollinator Plots (USDA, NRCS Plant Materials Program)
- Ten Rocky Mountain Natives You Can Grow (B&B article)
Websites
- Find Your Local NRCS and USDA Service Center
- Sources that sell plants and seeds: Link for Plants, Link for Seeds
Videos
videos of folks who installed pollinator plantings with financial assistance from USDA-NRCS
- Southeast Wyoming Pollinator Habitat Tour- The Wissners (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
- Pollinator Plantings: Odekoven Ranch (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
Find a local NRCS office
Farming For Bees: Guidelines for Providing Native Bee Habitat on Farms, Xerces Society (advocacy group)
Insect Pollinators and Pesticide Product Stewardship (Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship, Syngenta, Bayer CropScience
and others)
Gardening and Landscaping Practices for Nesting Native Bees, Utah State University Extension Fact Sheet
Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West, USDA Plant Materials Technical Note
Plant Materials for Pollinators and Other Beneficial Insects in Eastern Utah and Western
Colorado, USDA Plant Materials Technical Note
Seeding Pollinator Plots, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Establishing Pollinator Meadows from Seed, Xerces Society (advocacy group)
Ten Rocky Mountain natives you can grow, Barnyards & Backyards article
Video clips of folks who installed pollinator plantings with financial help from USDA-NRCS:
The Wissners (Laramie County, plots in pivot corners), The Oedekovens (Campbell County)
Documents
- Integrated Hive Management for Colorado BeeKeepers (CSU College of Agricultural Science)
- Nectar and Pollen Plants of Utah (1971, Utah State University)
- Relative Ranking of Ornamental Flower Plants to Foraging Honey Bees (Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University)
- Wyoming Apiary Statutes Select Title 11, Chapter 7 and others (Wyoming Statutes Public Access)
- Wyoming New Apiary Applications (Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Technical Services Division)
Websites
- Wyoming Apiary Location Map (periodically updated, WDA keeps an Excel file on their site which is updated more often)
Wyoming Apiary Statutes (Title 11, Chapter 7 and others)
Wyoming New Apiary Applications (Under "Technical Services)
WY Apiary Location Map (periodically updated, WDA keeps an Excel file on their site which is updated more
often)
Relative Ranking of Ornamental Flower Plants to Foraging Honey Bees by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
Nectar and Pollen Plants of Utah 1971 publication from Utah State University
