As mentioned in my post of May 1, my position at the Haven is being eliminated. Recognizing that the need for bee gardening information will remain, this post is a summary of resource materials, web sites, and nurseries that you may find helpful in the future. This information is not comprehensive, and some of the recommendations --such as the plant lists-- are California-centered.
Bee books
California Bees and Blooms. Heyday Books. ISBN 978-1-59714-294-6
Insects and Gardens. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-504-7. Winner of an American Horticultural Society Book Award, 2002.
Bees, Wasps, and Ants: The Indispensable Role of Hymenopters in Gardens. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-988-1.
The Bees in Your Backyard. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-16077-1. Available in a Kindle edition and in a spiral-bound edition. Both are great for taking into the garden.
Gardening books
California Native Plants for the Garden. Cachuma Press. ISBN 0-9628505-8-6
Sunset Western Garden Book. Time Life. ISBN 0-376-03920-5
The California Native Landscape. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-232-7
Web sites
UC Davis Bee Haven: http://beegarden.ucdavis.edu
UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab: http://www.helpabee.org/
UC Cooperative Extension San Diego: https://ucanr.edu/sites/PollinatorAttractiveness/
Where to buy bee plants. This is not a complete list or a recommendation.
Davis, Dixon, and Woodland
Lemuria Nursery: https://www.facebook.com/LemuriaNursery
Redwood Barn Nursery: http://redwoodbarn.com/
UC Davis Arboretum plant sales: http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu
Sacramento area
Green Acres Nursery & Supply: http://idiggreenacres.com
The Plant Foundry: https://www.plantfoundry.com
California Native Plant Society plant sales: http://cnps.org/
San Francisco Bay area
Annie's Annuals: https://www.anniesannuals.com/
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery: http://www.berkeleyhort.com/
California Flora Nursery. http://www.calfloranursery.com/
Cottage Gardens of Petaluma: http://www.cottagegardensofpet.com/
Mostly Natives Nursery. http://www.mostlynatives.com/
Watershed Nursery: https://www.watershednursery.com/
California Native Plant Society plant sales. http://cnps.org/
Chico and Redding area
Floral Native Nursery: http://floralnativenursery.com/
Little Red Hen Nursery: https://www.littleredhen.org/pages/plant-nursery
McConnell Arboretum plant sales: https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/
The Plant Barn: http://theplantbarn.com/
California Native Plant Society plant sales: http://cnps.org/
Southern California
Tree of Life Nursery: https://californianativeplants.com/
Las Pilitas Native Plant Nursery: https://www.laspilitas.com/
Theodore Payne Foundation Retail Nursery: https://theodorepayne.org/plants-and-seeds/nursery/
California Native Plant Society plant sales: http://cnps.org/
Soils and water
UC Davis SoilWeb: http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/
Water Use Classification of Landscape Species (WUCOLS): http://ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS/