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Bee culture Beehives Bees Bees Behavior Bees Juvenile literature Honeybee Hummingbirds Nature Pollinators WaspsHirsch, Rebecca E.
Summary: Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. But numbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists alarmed. What's causing the decline? Diseases, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat are all threatening bee populations. Some bee species are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 HIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 595.79 HIRRzezak, Joanna
Summary: Mr Busby the beekeeper is the proud owner of hundreds of hives. Have a look inside them to find out how bees take care of their queen and make honey, then follow the swarm as they fly off into the countryside to collect nectar. Readers will learn about pollination and all the plants, insects, animals and birds that take part in the process; they will also find out the amazing ways bees are so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 RZEWilson, Joseph S.
Summary: This book provides an introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering tips for telling them apart in the field. The book features more than 900 color photos of the bees living all around us -- in our gardens and parks, along nature trails, and in the wild spaces between. It describes their natural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.79 WILCaprioli, Claire
Summary: "Swarm, kaleidoscope, fluffle, pack... It is time to celebrate groups of spring animals! What do you call a group of bees? A swarm! Discover why this interesting insect lives in groups, where they live, and what they eat. With amazing photos and lively text, this book takes you inside a beehive, explains what a beekeeper does, and teaches you what you can do to help conserve and protect bees....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J595.79 CAPUnstead, Sue
Summary: "Read about the busy, buzzy life of bees! Discover what makes bees special and why these insects are so important to flowers, people, and more." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 UNSKracht, Matt
Summary: "Are you ready for the ultimate bee book? With lighthearted watercolor and ink drawings, humorous quips, lists, and musings, OMFG, BEES! will show you just how important these esteemed bee-list celebrities really are. (Hint: We can't live without them.)"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Ketchum, Liza
Summary: "Looking closely at the life cycle of one bee, this book helps readers of all ages understand and appreciate the contributions and significance of all bees"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 KETCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 KETHayes, Rhonda Fleming
Summary: Stow your pesticides and learn how to foster a beautiful, healthy garden that attracts bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators. Hays explains the synergy between plants and pollinators. She helps you make the right choices for plant selection, nutrients, growing practices and so much more. You will improve your garden-- and the lives of whose who spend time in it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638 HAYWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 COXMilner, Charlotte
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 MILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 MILTrue, Margo.
Summary: Draws on "Sunset magazine's" One-Block Diet blog to instruct readers on how to raise and produce all ingredients for numerous "from-scratch" meals, providing plans that include a sustainable vegetable garden, backyard bee hives, and a chicken roost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Jackson, Tom
Summary: Honey bees, bumblebees, mining bees, dwarf bees, carpenter, leafcutter, and mason bees: bees come in many different types, with more than 16,000 species worldwide. The bees we are most familiar with, bumblebees and honey bees, live in colonies and play a major role in pollinating the crops, plants, and flowers around us. And bees produce honey, reputedly the food of the gods—a function of bees'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amber Books 2021
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 595.79 JACSocha, Piotr
Summary: "One part science, one part cultural history, and countless parts fascination, Bees celebrates the important role that these intriguing insects have played in our ecosystem throughout the ages. From Athena to Alexander the Great and from Egypt to Ethiopia, Bees explores different methods of beekeeping and uncovers the debt that humans owe this vital species. With beautifully accessible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J OVS 595.799 Socha 2015Summary: This intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, 'Wings of Life' utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Using specially developed camera lenses, Nova brings you the most intimate and most spectacular portrayal of a working bee colony ever filmed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Browne, Meghan P.
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book that tells the fascinating story of the honeybee colonies that lived on the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and survived the devastating 2019 fire"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 BROHiggins, Melissa
Summary: "What makes a bee a bee? What are the buzziest bees from around the world? Carefully leveled, engaging text supports life science curriculum related to classification, behavior, life cycles, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 HIGZimmerman, Adeline J.
Summary: "In Bee or Wasp?, beginning readers will learn to spot the differences between these insects. Carefully leveled text relays what the insects look like and how they fly and behave. Each page then asks readers to name which one is shown in the photo. Answers appear upside down on the bottom of each page, making reading for learning interactive and fun. A See and Compare spread shows and labels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bullfrog Books/Jump!, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 ZIMImhoof, Markus
Summary: “If 70 percent of all cattle or 30 percent of all chickens were to die annually, states of emergency would be declared everywhere. The death of bees is at least that dramatic and with even more far-reaching consequences.” More Than Honey, the book based on the award-winning documentary of the same name, takes us on a global tour of the world of bees, introducing us along the way to “killer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 IMHMortimer, Frank
Summary: Mortimer invites readers on an eye-opening journey into the secret world of bees-- and the singular world of his fellow bee-keepers. In connecting with a club of disparate but kindred spirits, he discovers the centuries-old history of the trade; the practicality of maintaining it; what bees see, think, and feel; how they talk to each other and socialize; and what can be done to combat their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 MORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Home MortimerPizzoli, Greg
Summary: "Baloney and friends continue their adventures, which include a birthday cake mishap, a tricky bargain, a painting surprise, and the discovery that the best moments are shared with friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PIZRyde, Joanna.
Summary: As sustainability and organic living become increasingly popular, so does a desire to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. This timely book will help you to achieve self-sufficiency and make beekeeping a reality. Beekeeping is about management, control and learning to understand the honeybee. It can also become a very enjoyable and sociable pastime - visiting others' hives and picking up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Holland 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638 RYDHeiligman, Deborah
Summary: "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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 595.79 HEIMaclaine, James
Summary: "What do bees and wasps eat? What type of nests do they make? How do bees make honey? In this book you';; find the answers and lots more about the fascinating lives of bees and wasps"--Page 2 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [EDC Pub.] 2013