Honey bee : a first field guide to the world's favorite pollinating insect
Publication Information
New York, NY : Neon Squid/St. Martin's Press, 2023.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Audience
Grades 2-3. Neon Squid.
Series
Summary
"You might know that honey bees dance to let each other know where to find the best flowers, but there's so much more to learn about these important insects! Turn the pages to discover the difference between the queen bee and worker bees, and how honey bees actually make honey. Filled with simple science and plenty of animal facts, this book also explains how scientists work as beekeepers to study honey bees, and how every bee in the hive works towards the same cause. It also looks at the conservation challenges these iconic animals face due to climate change and insecticides." -- Amazon.com.
"A beautiful guide to the world of honey bees from insect expert Dr. Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu"--
How many bees does it take to make a spoonful of honey? Basu, a honey bee expert, explains that honeybees are very valuable to our ecosystems. They are hard, attentive workers, important pollinators, and have a lot to teach us. Discover fascinating facts about the busy bees, their lives, their life cycle, and what we can do to help them. -- adapted from back cover and page [4].
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Hello, young zoologist!
- Before you get started
- Meet the honey bee
- Home sweet home
- Members of the colony
- Baby bees
- What's for dinner?
- Busy bees
- Dancing bees
- Changing seasons
- Making honey
- Beekeeper tricks
- Save the honey bees!