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FOREWORD BY CHRIS OTOOLE; SECTION 1: BEES AS POLLINATORS AND MORE IN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION: BEES IN NATURE AND ON THE FARM (THERESA L. PITTS-SINGER AND ROSALIND R. JAMES); CHAPTER 2 - CROP POLLINATION SERVICES FROM WILD BEES (CLAIRE KREMEN); CHAPTER 3 - CROP POLLINATION IN GREENHOUSES (JOSE M. GUERRA-SANZ); CHAPTER 4 - POLLINATING-BEES CRUCIAL TO FARMING WILDFLOWER SEED FOR U.S. HABITAT RESTORATION (JAMES H. CANE); CHAPTER 5 - HONEY BEES, BUMBLE BEES, AND BIOCONTROL: NEW ALLIANCES BETWEEN OLD FRIENDS (PETER G. KEVAN, JEAN-PIERRE KAPONGO, MOHAMMAD AL-MAZRAAWI, AND LES SHIPP); SECTION 2: MANAGING SOLITARY BEES; CHAPTER 6 - ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE LIFE CYCLE IN OSMIA MASON BEES USED AS CROP POLLINATORS (JORDI BOSCH, FABIO SGOLASTRA, WILLIAM P. KEMP); CHAPTER 7 - PAST AND PRESENT MANAGEMENT OF ALFALFA BEES (THERESA L. PITTS-SINGER); CHAPTER 8 - THE PROBLEM OF DISEASE WHEN DOMESTICATING BEES (ROSALIND R. JAMES); SECTION 3: ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BEES; CHAPTER 9 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF EXOTIC BEES INTRODUCED FOR CROP POLLINATION (CARLOS H. VERGARA); CHAPTER 10 - INVASIVE EXOTIC PLANT-BEE INTERACTIONS (KAREN GOODELL); CHAPTER 11 - ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL FOR BEE-MEDIATED GENE FLOW IN GENETICALLY-MODIFIED (GM) CROPS (JAMES E. CRESSWELL); CHAPTER 12 - GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS: EFFECTS ON BEES AND POLLINATION (LORA A. MORANDIN); CHAPTER 13 - THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURAL POLLINATION (ROSALIND JAMES AND THERESA PITTS-SINGER)