Additional Native Pollinator Information

These excellent resources were put together by SkyDay Master Teacher Laura Stamp. Laura has taken a great interest in bees over the years. Time with these resources will be time well spent!

• Illinois Department of Natural Resources

  • Native Bees

  • Wild About Illinois Native Bees!

  • Pollinator Gardens Designer Guide

• Xerces Society

  • Wild Bee Coonservation
    

  Heather Holm Resources

  • Home page with books listed

  • Website with posters and pdfs for all kinds of pollinators & flowers that they need*

  Doug Tallamy

  • Homegrown National Park--add your pollinator garden to the map

  • Tallamy’s books, including Bringing Nature Home, which Laura says will change your life!

  Bees In Your Backyard!

  • Website with lots of great current information & posters to order

  Podcasts!
  Ologies Podcasts:

  • Mellitology (bees)

  • Spheksology (wasps)

  In defense of Plants Podcasts:

  • A Native Bee-nanza!