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Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science
Integrated Pest Management and Pollinators
2001 Alabama Pest Management Handbook-Volume I
American Phytopathological Society
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)
Crop Data Management Systems - Allows pesticide label searching; lables are viewed in Adobe Acrobat.
Currant and Gooseberry Pests - A new photographic resource for diagnosing diseases, insects and other disorders of currants and gooseberries, developed by Kim Hummer and Joseph Postman, USDA/ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Disease Management Guidelines for Organic Apple Production in Ohio, by Michael A. Ellis, OARDC
Entomological Society of America
Entomology Index of Internet Resources - A directory and search engine of insect-related resources (including images) on the Internet. Site compiled by Iowa State University.
Fruit Insects, University of Kentucky Entomology
New York State IPM Program - Fruits
Greenbook, C&P Press - Allows pesticide label searching; lables are viewed in Adobe Acrobat.
International Fire Blight Home Page
Index of Fruit Disease Photographs, Biology, and Monitoring Information
Iowa State University's Weed Science Reference Desk - Provides many regional and national resources on this topic.
National IPM Network
National Park Service Integrated Pest Management Manual
Office of Pest Management Policy - USDA - OPMP provides coordination to pest management programs across several USDA agencies, and oversees administration of the USDA's Pesticide Impact Assessmet Program (PIAP).
Penn State University Fruit Pathology Website
Pest Control Operators of California
2001 Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruits in Washington
University of California Statewide Integrated
Pest Management Project
USDA/CSREES Integrated Pest Management IPM Home Page
West Virginia University's Index of Fruit Insect Pest Photographs
Abiotic Pollination (Reference on), Compiled by Dr. Joe Ackerman, University of Northern British Columbia
Beehoo - "The World's Beekeeping Directory" offers information on a global scale. Historical information, research, pictures, and apiculture are just a few of the topics addresses, where the link will take you to site around the world. The only drawback is that some of the sites are in their native language, but then there are many sites to peruse.
Beekeeping Business Plan Workbook, from the Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the University of Illinois Springfield, and funded by the The Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research, May 2003. (in .pdf format)
Bees and Pollination - An AgNIC website, from Ohio State University
Biology 240-Flowers and Pollination
The Birds and the Bees: Pollination & Dispersal, from the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida
Effective Fruit Pollination - This interesting fact sheet from Cornell University provides basic fruit information as well as pollination and harvest dates for apples.
Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants by S.E. McGregor, USDA. This site is actual a book, fully accessible over the internet. This marvelous site address many different crops with "Chapter 8" covering 17 different small fruits and brambles. Each fruit is profiled with its cultivation history, inflorescence structure, pollination requirements, and primary pollinators.
Iowa State Entomology's Beekeeping webpage is a compilation of more than 40 apicultural links.
Honey Locator - "Why a Honey Locator? The color, flavor and aroma of honey differs dramatically depending on which blossoms the honey bees "buzzed." There are more than 300 distinct types of honey, each originating from different floral sources across the United States. Honey colors range from "water white" to dark brown and flavors vary from delectably mild to deliciously bold. Honey - the taste of flowers. Try a different variety today!" Sponsored by the National Honey Board.
Lecture 21-Pollination, from the Undergraduate Program in Plant Biology, University of Maryland
The Pollinator Home Page - This very extensive, multi-page site covers pollination for all levels between the new hive manager to the commercial beekeeper. The main page offers "Features", a site-wide search engine, and "Side Trips". Feature #1, the Managing Pollination link, will take you to sites such as Crop by Crop which highlights pollination sites of each individual crop, often listing many sites per crop. A short list of other choices from Managing Pollination include Landscaping for Pollinators, Why Manage Pollination?, and Beekeepers Resources. "Side Trips" offers themes related to pollination. Examples include images and slide shows of pollinators, and evolution, history and myths of bees, and pollination theory.
Protecting bees when using insecticides. - University of Nebraska Extension offers this advice to help protect bees during a dangerous time for them.
Virginia Honeybee and Pollination Site - this site, too, has many great links.
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