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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Finding Home: A Story of a Mason Bee shows readers an inside look at the lives of six beneficial native creatures through an engaging and educational tale of a mason bee's search for a new home. Mason bees are incredible pollinators native to North America. Like most native bees, they only need a few important things nearby to survive: plenty of flowers, water to drink, and a place to call home. Make sure to explore the special informational section...
25) Swarmed by bees
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Readers learn of actual human-bee encounters, information about bees, survival strategies, and attack statistics.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Bzzz! Learn all about honey bees in the next pre-reader from National Geographic Kids! Through text features such as a vocabulary tree and a wrap-up activity, kids will be introduced to new words and concepts -- helping them expand their understanding of the world.
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Protect the Pollinators That Help Feed the World: Bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, flies, and some beetles pollinate more than 70 percent of flowering plants, but North America's native pollinators face multiple threats to their health and habitat. The Xerces Society offers a complete action plan of protecting these industrious animals by providing flowering habitat and nesting sites. Providing Healthy Habitats for Pollinators: Supports bountiful...
29) Bad words
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
32) Am I even a bee?
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This "is the story of Osmia, a solitary bee--decidedly green and unquestionably un-fuzzy. Osmia has always believed she is a bee, (her mom told her so), but recent run-ins with people, and even other insects, leave her wondering, 'Am I even a bee?!' Confused, Osmia faces an identity crisis, and she turns to her meadow for comfort. It is here that she meets her new friend and guide Xyla, a carpenter bee who, like Osmia, does not fit the black-and-yellow...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
In recent years beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests such as varroa and tracheal mites and from the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, bees are being raised successfully, even without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs.More and more organically minded beekeepers are now using top-bar hives, in which the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The next time you hear the low buzzing sound of an approaching bee, look closer: the bee has navigated to this particular spot for a reason using a fascinating set of tools. She might be responding to scents on the breeze as her olfactory organs provide a 3D map of an object's location. She might be tracing the route based on her memories of a particular flower or the electrostatic traces left by other bees. What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It is claimed Albert Einstein said that if bees disappear from the earth, mankind has four years left. When bee-vanishings of unprecedented scale hit the United States, Orvo, a Finnish beekeeper, knows all too well where it will lead. And when he sees the queen dead in his hives one day, it's clear the epidemic has spread to Europe, and the world is coming to an end. Orvo's special knowledge of bees just may enable him to glimpse a solution to catastrophe:...
36) Honeybees
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Jump in and get up close to honey bees to learn all about what they are, how hard they work, and the important tasks they perform during their life cycle."--Amazon.
37) Thank you, bees
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Language
English
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Description
Introduces readers to the lives of different bee species and how they help their environments. Learn about their role in the food web and how their actions benefit plants
38) Mia the mouse
Author
Series
Fairy animals of Misty Wood volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mia is in the middle of telling a story to her sick grandmother when her mother asks her to run an errand, but, distracted by what may come next in the story, all Mia can remember is that she is to fetch something that starts with "B". Includes activities.
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Series
Language
English
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Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Fiction for Kids ages 0 - 8
Storytime @ Home: Food
Storytime @ Home: Spotlight on Mother Nature & Planet Earth
Storytime @ Home: Food
Storytime @ Home: Spotlight on Mother Nature & Planet Earth
Description
"A love poem from a father to his two sons, and a tribute to the bees that pollinate the foods we love to eat."--Provided by publisher.
40) Jam & honey
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
Tells the story of a young girl and a honeybee who learn to coexist peacefully in the same garden as they go about their respective tasks.
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