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Eyes with more than 6,000 separate lenses; bodies so hairy that they attract pollen by static; the ability to communicate by dancing... bee stats are endlessly engrossing. And the bee is as important to the production of human food as any machine; without the bees to pollinate them, most of our crops would be dead in the field. So how did this furry little workaholic come to be so crucial to the planet? “The Bee: A Natural History” answers that...
2) Bees
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 9 cm.
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An introduction to bees' physical characteristics, habits, behavior, and relationships to humans.
3) Bees
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112 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of various types of bees.
4) Bees
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"This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a bee's body parts and behaviors"--
7) The bee book
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
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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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In an exuberantly poetic work that is less about bees and more about life, Maurice Maeterlinck expresses his philosophy of the human condition. The renowned Belgian poet and dramatist offers brilliant proof in this, his most popular work, that "no living creature, not even man, has achieved in the center of his sphere, what the bee has achieved." From their amazingly intricate feats of architecture to their intrinsic sense of self-sacrifice, Maeterlinck...
12) Swarm of bees
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A horde of bees and a young boy race around town wreaking havoc on the townspeople.
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xvi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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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...
14) Bees
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Easy-to-read text, bright, colorful design, and oversized, close-up photos bring readers into the wonderful world of bees! This book describes a bee's body parts, life cycle, eating habits, habitat, and defense mechanisms. Readers will learn about solitary and social bees, including how queen, worker, and drone bees work as a team to support their colony. Also covered are bee nests and different types of bees, including the carpenter bee, the honeybee,...
15) Honey in a hive
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33 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
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An introduction to the behavior and life cycle of honeybees, with particular emphasis on the production of honey.
16) Killer bees
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
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Introduces Africanized, or killer, bees and why they sometimes attack humans, and tells of some real-life bee attacks.
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34 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 23 cm.
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"This book teaches children all about bees in a rhyming, whimsical way. They learn about some of the different species of bees as well as insects that look like or mimic them. Children will be surprised by the fact that all bees don't look alike. There are funny facts about some of the bees and children are also taught why bees are so important and what they can do to help save these essential pollinators from extinction."--Amazon.com
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Encourage young readers to discover our wonderful world through an exciting multidisciplinary approach. Perfect for science lovers and nature enthusiasts alike, this early learning STREAM title uses simple scientific facts and artistic mediums, such as poetry and photography, to introduce bees and their impact on the world around us." -- Back cover.
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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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"The honey bee, a key pollinator, is now an endangered species, threatened by human activity and loss of biodiversity. Because of this, understanding forest-dwelling wild honey bees - which are more resistant to diseases and parasites than honey bees kept by beekeepers - is more important than ever before. In this lavishly illustrated book, Ingo Arndt, one of the world's best wildlife photographers, and Jurgen Tautz, one of the world's leading bee...
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