Recommended Supplemental Reading

• Ryugo, K. Fruit Culture: Its Science and Art.
• McGregor, S. E. Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants. Agricultural Handbook No. 496, Agriculture Research Service, USDA
• Jackson, D., N. Looney, M. Morley-Bunker, and G. Thiele (editors). Temperate and Subtropical Fruit Production. 3rd Edition.
• Westwood, M. N. (editor) Temperate–Zone Pomology. 3rd Edition

Honey Bee Resources

• Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility Dept. of Entomology, UC Davis
  A major center of research, teaching and extension activities in apiculture and bee biology for the University of California. Includes information regarding beekeeping classes and monthly newsletters.
• Bees - Honey Bee Research and Information at UC Riverside
  Information on honey bees, including the Africanized honey bee
• Bee Alert: Africanized Honey Bee (pdf)
  Vincent Lazaneo, UCCE San Diego Co. ( 4 pp.) 2002, UC ANR Pub. 8068. Basic biology and behavioral information about Africanized honey bees.
• How to Reduce Bee Poisonings From Pesticides
  H. Reidl, E. Johansen, L. Brewer and J. Barbor. 2006. Pacific Northwest Extension Pub. 591. This publication is presented online in a series of 26 downloadable pdf files; ordering information for a print copy (28 pp.) through UC ANR publications.

Links

•  Online pollination checker for fruit trees from Ashridge Nursery, UK