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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Bees pollinate more than 130 fruit, vegetable, and seed crops that we rely on to survive. Bees are crucial to the reproduction and diversity of flowering plants, while the economic contributions of these irreplaceable insects are measured in the tens of billions of dollars each year. Yet bees are dying at an alarming rate, threatening food supplies and ecosystems around the world. In this richly illustrated natural history of the bee, Noah Wilson-Rich...
Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"While we eat, work, and sleep, bees are busy around the world. More than 20,000 species are in constant motion! They pollinate plants of all types and keep our natural world intact. In Bees, you'll find a new way to appreciate these tiny wonders. Sam Droege and Laurence Packer present more than 100 of the most eye-catching bees from around the world as you've never seen them: up-close and with stunning detail. You'll stare into alien-like faces....
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
The vital role of bees in human ecology is underlined by the estimate that every third mouthful of human food is dependent on the pollinating services of bees. Only recently have biologists discovered that human survival is inextricably linked to the survival of insects, specifically, bees. Today the 16-20,000 species of bee continue to play vital roles in human ecology. We survive only by grace of the life-sustaining network of bee-plant relationships....
6) Amazing bees
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Learn everything there is know about bees in "Amazing Bees"! From buzzing to different flowers to being a vital part of the earth's ecosystem, bees are very busy creatures.--
9) The bee book
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
DK's The Bee Book is a wonderful introduction to the humble honeybee: nature's hardest worker, and much more than just a provider of honey! Bees are incredibly industrious, brilliant at building, super social, and--most importantly--responsible for a third of every mouthful of food you eat! Find out how bees talk to one another, what it takes to become a queen bee, what the life of a worker bee is like, and more.
11) Bees
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A brief introduction to bees, discussing their characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and predators. Includes a range map, life cycle illustration, and amazing facts"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alpha Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping has all the information a beginning beekeeper needs to know to start a hive and keep it buzzing. Expert beekeepers Dean Stiglitz and Laurie Herboldsheimer, owners of Golden Rule Honey, take readers step by step through the entire process, from information on the inhabitants of a hive and how it works to collecting bees, keeping them healthy, raising a queen, harvesting honey and wax, and storing hives for the...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round. Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first...
17) Bee
Author
Series
Publisher
Book House
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Buzzing with frightening facts and striking photographs, Up close & scary: bee provides surprising insights into the miniature world of bees" --
18) Buzz, bee!
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces readers to the world of bees, discussing what they need to live and how they behave.
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