As mentioned in my post of May 1, my position at the Haven is being eliminated. Recognizing that the need for bee gardening information will remain, this post is a summary of resource materials, web sites, and nurseries that you may find helpful in the future. This information is not comprehensive, and some of the recommendations --such as the plant lists-- are California-centered.

Bee books

California Bees and Blooms. Heyday Books. ISBN 978-1-59714-294-6

Insects and Gardens. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-504-7. Winner of an American Horticultural Society Book Award, 2002.

Bees, Wasps, and Ants: The Indispensable Role of Hymenopters in Gardens. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-988-1.

The Bees in Your Backyard. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-16077-1. Available in a Kindle edition and in a spiral-bound edition. Both are great for taking into the garden.

Gardening books

California Native Plants for the Garden. Cachuma Press. ISBN 0-9628505-8-6

Sunset Western Garden Book. Time Life. ISBN 0-376-03920-5

The California Native Landscape. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-232-7

Web sites

UC Davis Bee Haven: http://beegarden.ucdavis.edu

UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab: http://www.helpabee.org/

UC Cooperative Extension San Diego: https://ucanr.edu/sites/PollinatorAttractiveness/

Where to buy bee plants. This is not a complete list or a recommendation.

Davis, Dixon, and Woodland

Lemuria Nursery: https://www.facebook.com/LemuriaNursery

Redwood Barn Nursery: http://redwoodbarn.com/

UC Davis Arboretum plant sales: http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu

Sacramento area

Green Acres Nursery & Supply: http://idiggreenacres.com

The Plant Foundry: https://www.plantfoundry.com    

California Native Plant Society plant sales: http://cnps.org/

San Francisco Bay area

Annie's Annuals: https://www.anniesannuals.com/

Berkeley Horticultural Nursery: http://www.berkeleyhort.com/

California Flora Nursery. http://www.calfloranursery.com/

Cottage Gardens of Petaluma: http://www.cottagegardensofpet.com/

Mostly Natives Nursery. http://www.mostlynatives.com/

Watershed Nursery: https://www.watershednursery.com/

California Native Plant Society plant sales. http://cnps.org/

Chico and Redding area

Floral Native Nursery: http://floralnativenursery.com/

Little Red Hen Nursery: https://www.littleredhen.org/pages/plant-nursery

McConnell Arboretum plant sales: https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/

The Plant Barn: http://theplantbarn.com/

California Native Plant Society plant sales: http://cnps.org/

Southern California

Tree of Life Nursery: https://californianativeplants.com/

Las Pilitas Native Plant Nursery: https://www.laspilitas.com/

Theodore Payne Foundation Retail Nursery: https://theodorepayne.org/plants-and-seeds/nursery/

California Native Plant Society plant sales: http://cnps.org/

Soils and water

UC Davis SoilWeb: http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/

Water Use Classification of Landscape Species (WUCOLS): http://ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS/