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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...
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2018
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English
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As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers presents a natural and cultural history of bees: 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...
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...
4) Bee
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Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of bees.
5) The bee book
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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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.
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Mortimer invites readers on an eye-opening journey into the secret world of bees-- and the singular world of his fellow bee-keepers. In connecting with a club of disparate but kindred spirits, he discovers the centuries-old history of the trade; the practicality of maintaining it; what bees see, think, and feel; how they talk to each other and socialize; and what can be done to combat their biggest threats, both human and mite. Mortimer delivers an...
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The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Mizz Lizzie is the busiest bee in town, and she is determined to win the school spelling contest--but after studying all night she falls asleep during the contest, and when she finally wakes up she realizes that she has to learn to stop and smell the flowers.
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
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English
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The Hive is a colorful new animated series for pre-schoolers featuring the Bee family, who live together in Honeybee Hive. Pappa Bee, Mamma Bee, Buzzbee and Rubee are really just like any other family, except they are tiny, stripy and buzz around in the sky! The Hive is about the everyday things that concern little children such as playing, being friendly, spending time with your family and finding out all about the world and how it works.
13) Bees
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QED Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Bees are one of the hardest working insects on our planet. As they buzz from plant to plant, they spread pollen which helps our food to grow. Without them, the world would be a very different place. Discover all you need to know about bees and their place in our world through experiments, investigations and hands-on tasks."--Publisher's description.
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Dodo Press
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Provides practical advice on bee management.
Reverend Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (1810-1895), apiarian, clergyman and teacher, is considered the "Father of American Beekeeping. " He was graduated at Yale University in 1831, and subsequently held a tutorship there in 1834-1835. He took up beekeeping in part to distract himself from the serious bouts of depression from which he suffered. In 1852 Langstroth received a patent on the first movable frame...
17) Busy buzzy bee
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DK Pub
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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Explains the behavior and lives of bees, discussing how they collect nectar from flowers, care for their eggs and queen bee, and communicate with each other.
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Henry Heckelbeck volume 4
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Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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Brewster Elementary is having a spelling bee and everyone's excited. Everyone except Henry Heckelbeck, that is. Sure Henry can spell words correctly, but being in front of a crowd can be very scary! Will magic help or will it only spell trouble?--
19) Honeybees
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Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Describes the feeding behavior, habitat, and life cycle of honeybees.
20) Bees
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English
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This title covers everything from what bees look like to what they like to eat.
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