Overview
A fascinating book. --""Booklist"" Without honey bees, the world would be a different place. There would be no honey, no beeswax for candles, and, worst of all, barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat.So imagine the beekeeper Dave Hackenburg s horror when he discovered twenty million of his charges had vanished. In ""The Hive Detectives, "" Loree Griffin Burns profiles bee wranglers and bee scientists who have been working to understand colony collapse disorder, or CCD. In this dramatic and enlightening story, readers explore the lives of the fuzzy, buzzy insects and learn what might happen to us if they were gone. ""
Full Product Details
Author: Loree Griffin Burns ,
Ellen Harasimowicz
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Imprint: Turtleback Books
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 28.40cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9781627651424
ISBN 10: 162765142
Pages: 69
Publication Date: 16 April 2013
Recommended Age: From 9 to 13 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""Throughout the presentation, readers learn about the anatomy, development, and social behavior of honey bees, and observe the process of scientific investigation and its vital, real-world application. Appended are lists of recommended books, magazines, films, Web sites as well as a glossary and a source bibliography. A fascinating book from the Scientists in the Field series."" ""Booklist, "" starred review ""Not long after beekeepers encountered a devastating new problem in their hives in 2006, a team of bee scientists began working to discover the causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD), now attributed to a combination of factors possibly including pesticides, nutrition, mites and viruses...Harasimowicz's clear, beautifully reproduced photographs support and extend the text."" ""Kirkus, "" starred review ""
Throughout the presentation, readers learn about the anatomy, development, and social behavior of honey bees, and observe the process of scientific investigation and its vital, real-world application. Appended are lists of recommended books, magazines, films, Web sites as well as a glossary and a source bibliography. A fascinating book from the Scientists in the Field series. Booklist, starred review Not long after beekeepers encountered a devastating new problem in their hives in 2006, a team of bee scientists began working to discover the causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD), now attributed to a combination of factors possibly including pesticides, nutrition, mites and viruses...Harasimowicz's clear, beautifully reproduced photographs support and extend the text. Kirkus, starred review
