California Bees and Blooms Active outdoor pursuits and activities and revel in the everyday

and revel in the everyday grandeur of the natural world—and to embrace

so did her understanding of community

Imbued with the author’s deep compassion for the well-being of our local fauna

demonstrate how to envision probable futures after upheaval

the classic and remarkably easy-to-use guide for identifying birds in the Sierra Nevada

California Bees and Blooms Active outdoor pursuits and activities and revel in the everydayCalifornia is home to over sixteen hundred species of undomesticated beesmost of them nativethat populate and pollinate our gardens, fields, and urban green spaces. In this absorbing guidebook, some of the state's preeminent bee and botany experts introduce us to this diverse population. California Bees and Blooms holds a magnifying glass up to the twenty two most common genera (and six species of cuckoo bees), describing each one's distinctive