The hive detectives chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe

Bees don't just produce honey. Your food supply depends on them. Apiarist Dave Hackenberg's bees have a busy travel schedule, pollinating around the United States from February to July. So when Dave inspected four hundred of his hives and found that the bees had simply vanished, a dream team of bee...

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Main Author: Burns, Loree Griffin
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
Series:Scientists in the field
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Summary:Bees don't just produce honey. Your food supply depends on them. Apiarist Dave Hackenberg's bees have a busy travel schedule, pollinating around the United States from February to July. So when Dave inspected four hundred of his hives and found that the bees had simply vanished, a dream team of bee scientists got to work.
Physical Description:66 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 65) and index.
ISBN:9780547152318 (hardcover) :
0547152310 (hardcover) :
Author Notes:Loree Griffin Burns, Ph.D., was stung five times while researching this book: once by accident and four times while trying to capture an image. She lives, writes, and watches bees in central Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and three children. You can visit her at www.loreeburns.com .