Article 1:
Evidence shows that pollinators of crops and wild land plants are declining worldwide. UC Berkeley and UC David did a 3-year survey of bee pollinators which concluded that urban residential gardens providing resources for bees can help in the reproduction and diversity of native bees. I have personally not seen many bees around in the garden, I hope the planting of vegetation in our school garden will help the bee population.

Thorp / UC Davis, Robbin W., Jennifer Hernandez / UC Berkeley, Mark Rizzardi / Humboldt State University, Barbara Ertter / UC Berkeley, Jaime C. Pawelek / UC Berkeley, Sara L. Witt / UC Berkeley, Gordon W. Frankie / UC Berkeley, Mary Schindler / UC Berkeley, Rollin Coville / UC Berkeley, and Victoria A. Wojcik / UC Berkeley. "Native Bees Are a Rich Natural Resource in Urban California Gardens." California Agriculture Online. Sept. 2009. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. .


Article 2:
Lima beans secrete nectar that attracts acts that, in turn, fends off herbivores. After some research, there is evidence to believe that "light quality or composition plays a decisive role in regulating nectar production in Lima bean". This is interesting because, for our garden, perhaps we can plant plants that also produce nectar that can fend off bugs.

Max Planck Institute. "Red Light Regulates Nectar Secretion." PhysOrg.com - Science News, Technology, Physics, Nanotechnology, Space Science, Earth Science, Medicine. 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. .

Article 3:
The light brown apple moth, seen as a pest, feeds off at least 250 known species of plant. Though, they prefer plants in aster, legume, knotweed and rose families. People are worried that if the moths continue to spread "several vegetable and fruit crops may be affected, such as apples, pears, caneberries and peppers." With this future prediction, what can we do to stop it? I think a goal we should have in the garden is focus on how to fend off very harmful pests versus all pests.

California Agriculture Magazine. "The Light Brown Apple Moth: Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask." California Agriculture Online. June 2008. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. .

Other:
Bergen, Molly. "Thinking Big About Forest Carbon." Conservation International. 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. .