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Education, research and outreach related to honey bees, wild bees and other pollinators
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    • Ohio Bee Atlas on iNaturalist
    • Ohio Bee Survey
    • Phenology Research
    • Pollinator Phenology Research/The Great Sunflower Project
    • Pollinator Research, Reed Johnson
  • Ohio Links
    • Getting Started with Honey Bees in Ohio
    • ODA Apiary
    • Ohio Bee Atlas
    • Bees of Ohio: A Field Guide
    • DACUM for Beekeepers
    • OSU factsheets, ID guides and bulletins
      • Attracting Pollinators to the Garden factsheet
      • Bumble Bees in Ohio: Natural History and Identification of Common Species
      • Honey Bees in House Walls
      • How to Identify and Enhance Ohio’s Wild Bees in Your Landscape
      • Ohio Bee ID Card (to purchase)
      • Ohio Bee ID card PDF
      • Ohio Bee ID Factsheet
      • Ohio Bee ID Guide
      • Ohio Bee ID Poster
      • Ohio Trees for Bees factsheet
      • Pollinator Quick Guides
      • Protecting and Enhancing Pollinators Bulletin
      • Protecting Pollinators While Using Pesticides
    • Ohio Pollinator Advocates
    • The Ohio State Beekeepers Association
    • Partners for Pollinators
    • Resources For Educators
  • Honey Bee Resources
    • American Foulbrood
      • About the disease
      • Symptoms of AFB
      • AFB Management Strategies
      • If AFB is detected
      • American and European Foulbrood Management with Antibiotics in Ohio
      • American vs. European foulbrood
      • AFB webinar with Jim Tew
    • Diseases and Pests of Honey Bees, UMN
    • Getting Started with Honey Bees in Ohio
    • Honey Bees in House Walls
    • IPM for Beekeepers
    • Mosquito Control and Bees
    • Pesticides and Bees
    • Varroa Mite
    • Video Series: Beekeeping- Exploring a Unique Industry (1996)
    • For Educators
  • Native Bees
    • Native Bee ID
    • Nesting: Bee Blocks, Condos and Tunnel Nests
    • Ohio Bee ID Guide
  • Plants
    • Attracting Pollinators to the Garden factsheet
    • Trees for Bees factsheet
    • Bee Pasture, Meadows and Flower Strips
    • Cover Crops and Bees
    • Farms and Bees
    • Gardens and Bees
    • Native Plants for Pollinators
    • Phenology
    • Roadside Vegetation and Rights-of-Way
  • News

Native Plants for Pollinators

Finding native plants in Ohio:

Native plant nurseries: LEAP list

Ohio Native Plant List, generated by Debra Knapke and Hope Taft

Factsheets and Resources

Attracting Beneficial Insects with Naive Plants (factsheet), Michigan State University

Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden Using Native Plants (factsheet), US Forest Service

Illinois Wildflowers website (botanical and pollinator info)

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website

Landscaping for Biodiversity with Ohio Native Plants: A Species Guide for Plantings, ODNR

National Wildlife Association Plant Finder

Native Plants and Ecosystem Services website, Michigan State University

West Virginia Pollinator Habitat Handbook, NRCS, WV Division of Natural Resources and The Xerces Society

Pollinator Plants, Great Lakes, The Xerces Society

Pollinator Plants, Midwest, The Xerces Society

Pollinator-friendly Plants for the Northeast U.S., USDA/NRCS

Pollinator Partnership Ecoregion Plant Guides

Pollinator Partnership Eastern Broadleaf Region Plant Guide (Ohio)

Specialist bees of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States (and host plants for specialist bees), Droege and Fowler

Denise Ellsworth
1680 Madison Ave.Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3723ellsworth.2@osu.edu
Department of Entomology

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