Pollinator Resources
Resources on the impacts of pesticides on pollinators, farming methods and strategies that benefit pollinators, and keeping bees on the farm or in your backyard.
Pollinators and Pesticides
Beyond Pesticides – Protecting Honey Bees and Wild Pollinators From Pesticides - https://www.beyondpesticides.org/programs/bee-protective-pollinators-and-pesticides/bee-protective. Start here for an excellent, comprehensive guide to protecting pollinators from pesticides in your backyard or your community.
Center for Food Safety – Pollinators and Pesticides - https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/304/pollinators-and-pesticides. Information on and updates about pesticides that are harmful to pollinators.
Pesticide Action Network - General info on pesticides and pollinators. http://www.panna.org/.
Food and Farming Derailed - http://www.panna.org/pesticide-problem/food-farming-derailed. Comprehensive resource for the impacts of pesticides in farming.
Pollinators in Grasslands
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation -
Interseeding Wildflowers to Diversity Grasslands for Pollinators - https://xerces.org/publications/brochures/interseeding-wildflowers-to-diversify-grasslands-for-pollinators
Guidance to Protect Habitat from Pesticide Contamination - https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/16-024_01_XercesSoc_Guidance-to-Protect-Habitat-from-Pesticides_web.pdf
Reducing or Eliminating Pesticide Use on the Farm
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy – A Farmer and Landowner Guide to Pollinators and Pesticides - https://www.iatp.org/documents/farmer-and-landowner-guide-pollinators-and-neonicotinoids.
Union of Concerned Scientists – The Healthy Farm: A Vision - https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/The-Healthy-Farm-A-Vision-for-US-Agriculture.pdf.
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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation –
Farming for Pollinators - https://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/08-006_01_XercesSoc_Farming-for-Pollinators-brochure.pdf
Cultivando Para Los Polinizadores - https://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/11-005_03_Spanish-Pollinator-Brochure-Final-III.pdf
Guidance to Protect Habitat from Pesticide Contamination - https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/16-024_01_XercesSoc_Guidance-to-Protect-Habitat-from-Pesticides_web.pdf
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KRC Video - https://youtu.be/fjYZjXBgdEk. Protecting Pollinators: Thoughtful Ag Practices to Minimize Drift
KRC Video - https://youtu.be/cN2CnjI5shU. Pollinators in Peril: Farming for the Future
KRC Video - https://youtu.be/zx5lqc2xcwE. Growing Together: Regenerative Farm Practices
KRC Video – https://youtu.be/9t9_H2J3aVY. Agriculture Practices that Benefit Pollinators – Candy Thomas, NRCS Soil Health Specialist - Presentation at KRC’s Pollinators on the Plains Conference, February 2021.
Adding Pollinator Habitat on the Farm
ATTRA – Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control - https://attra.ncat.org/product/farmscaping-to-enhance-biological-control/. Techniques for using nature to reduce or eliminate the need for pesticides on the farm.
SARE – Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects - https://www.sare.org/resources/cover-cropping-for-pollinators-and-beneficial-insects/.
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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation –
Establishing Pollinator Meadows from Seed – https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed
Organic Site Preparation for Wildflower Establishment - https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment
Organic Site Preparation: A Comparative Overview - https://www.xerces.org/publications/fact-sheets/organic-site-preparation-methods-comparative-overview
Farming for Pollinators - https://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/08-006_01_XercesSoc_Farming-for-Pollinators-brochure.pdf
Cultivando Para Los Polinizadores - https://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/11-005_03_Spanish-Pollinator-Brochure-Final-III.pdf
Guidance to Protect Habitat from Pesticide Contamination - https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/16-024_01_XercesSoc_Guidance-to-Protect-Habitat-from-Pesticides_web.pdf
Farming for Pest Management - https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/08-005_02_XercesSoc_Farming-for-Pest-Management-brochure_web.pdf
Interseeding Wildflowers to Diversity Grasslands for Pollinators - https://xerces.org/publications/brochures/interseeding-wildflowers-to-diversify-grasslands-for-pollinators