Bees, Wasps, and Ants: The Indispensable Role of Hymenoptera in Gardens
Few insects are more important than bees, wasps, and ants. They maintain the garden's biological balance, fertilize vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and recycle nutrients within the soil. It's no exaggeration to say that a garden can't be understood without an understanding of its insects.
Bees, Wasps, and Ants explores the importance of the Hymenoptera and explains how gardeners can encourage (or discourage) them in the garden. Part One includes a summary of their biology and a tour of what role they play in each part of the garden. Part Two takes a closer look at the individual groups within the order, including sawflies, horntails, woodwasps, parasitic wasps, predatory wasps, bees, and ants.
Bees, Wasps, and Ants is sure to persuade even the most insect-phobic reader to invite these fascinating creatures into their gardens.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 336 pp.*
- Book dimensions: 6 x 9 in. (230 x 150 mm.)*
- Images: 159 color photos*
- ISBN-10: 0881929883
- ISBN-13: 9780881929881
- *These specifications have not been finalized and are subject to change.
About the author
Eric Grissell
Grissell — a member of the Garden Writers Association as well as a half dozen entomological and horticultural societies — has written three books on gardening, the latest of which encourages gardeners to take a broader and more benign look at their gardens and the insects in them.
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