bees

When people think of bees, they often think of the honeybee. Honeybees are important. They deserve a lot of buzz. But they are not native to America. Colonists brought the honeybee to Virginia in 1622. America's only native bee is the bumblebee, and there are 46 different kinds of bumblebee. Our bumblebees pollinate flowers of apples, plums, pears, almonds, peaches, and many more plants. They work twice as fast as honeybees, and they work for free to give us the fruits and vegetables that we love to eat.?Native Pollinators: Bees?is a good place to start learning about these?American originals.

Presents photographic guide to North American bees, describes their natural history, including where they live, how they gather food, their role as pollinators, and even how to attract them to your own backyard. Ideal for amateur naturalists and experts alike, it gives detailed accounts of every bee family and genus in North America, describing key identification features, distributions, diets, nesting habits, and more.

An introduction to bees that discusses their physical features, habitat, diet, life cycle, and more.

Scientists believe that the survival of bees is at risk. What has put bees at risk and should we care? Bees are responsible for pollinating about 70 of the 100 crops that feed 90% of the world. Without bees nearly half the world could starve. In this book, find out how scientists are working on ways to keep bees healthy.

"Jay the blue jay has never learned to fly, which has never been a problem . . . until a crew of super cool birds touch down at the farm and invite him to play some super cool flying games. Now Jay needs to figure out how to fly--and fast--before he misses out on all the fun. Lucky for him, his best buds Pea and Bee know just what to do…"--Provided by publisher.

Dresden is cursed. He houses a hive of bees in his chest, which he can't stop from stinging people with psychosis-inducing venom. He has been this way for centuries--since he was eighteen and magic flowed through his homeland, corrupting its people. He follows a troupe of harbingers of death to a Midwest town marked for impending disaster. There, he encounters Essie, a seventeen-year-old girl who suffers from debilitating delusions and hallucinations.

Simply labeled illustrations of bees introduce readers to the numbers one to ten.

Gary doesn't have any friends, bullies are constantly beating him up, and even his little sister doesn't like him, which is why he is so excited about exchanging bodies with another kid. But something horrible happens and he finds out his new body isn't human.

"Teaches readers how to tell the difference between bees and wasps through conversational . . . text and . . . images"--Provided by publisher.

"The . . . story of North America's native bees--an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies . . . Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts . . . explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture"--Publisher.