How-To: Bees
Enhancing Nest Sites For Native Bee Crop Pollinators
http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/agroforestrynotes34-bee_nests.pdf
Learn how to provide nesting opportunities for native bees. Most native bees nest underground in areas that are sunny, well-drained, and either bare or partly vegetated. Alternatively, they nest in narrow tunnels in wood, or small cavities such as abandoned rodent nests.
Improving Forage For Native Bee Crop Pollinators
http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/agroforestrynotes33-bee_forage.pdf
Provide habitat for bees, and they’ll increase the production of your garden!
Plants Attractive to Native Bees
From the USDA Agricultural Research Service
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=12052
Here is a list of plants attractive to native bees.