Buzz About Bees
Winters, Kari-Lynn. (2013 hardcover, 2019 paperback)
Imagine a world without bees. Not only would it be less colourful — with fewer wildflowers and flowering plants — it would be less fruitful as well. A world without bees would mean a world where the food supply would be significantly diminished. Global bee researcher Laurence Packer estimates that bees are responsible for 1/3 of our food supply.
Buzz About Bees is Kari’s first addition to the series that includes Lowdown on Earthworms and her own sequel Bite into Bloodsuckers. Each offers an in-depth look at an endangered and vital part of the natural world.
Accompanying information about the history, social structure and science behind the world of bees and honey are conservation activities to make the world a place where hives of bees can thrive.
Reading level: ages 7+
32 pages
Published Fitzhenry & Whiteside (2013 hardcover, 2019 paperback)
ISBN10: 1554552028
ISBN13: 9781554552023.
Classified “Juvenile Nonfiction/Animals/Insects” & “/Animals/Endangered.”
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Reviews
Activities
See an interactive website designed by Dave Potts, “The Life Cycle of a Bee,” in Kids activities.
Download the Buzz About Bees Teacher’s Guide, written by Sonja Sweet (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2013): BuzzAboutBeesTeachersGuide.doc [5MB].
Online Bee Resources
Book Reference List for Further Bee Research:
Buchmann, S. (2006). Letters From the Hive. New York: Bantam.
Fisher, R. (2010). Bee. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Griffin, B. (1993). The Orchard Mason Bee. Bellingham, WA: Knox Cedars Publishing.
Packer, L. (2010). Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are At Risk And What We Can Do To Save Them. Toronto: Harper Collins.
Pundyk, G. (2008). The Honey Trail. New York: St. Marten’s Press.
Winston, M. (1987). The Biology of the Honey Bee. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Other Book Resources for Children:
Burns, L. (2010). The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Cole, J. & Degen, B. (1996). The Magic School Bus: Inside A Beehive. New York: Scholastic Press.
Howard, F. (2005). Bumble Bees. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.
Rotner, S. & Woodhull, A. (2010). The Buzz On Bees: Why Are They Disappearing? New York: Holiday House.
Awards
2014: Selected: Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, ages Nine to Twelve; see PDF
2014: Nominated: Alberta provincial Reader’s Choice Rocky Mountain Book Award 2015 Shortlist
2014: Nominated: Canadian Science Writers’ Association’s “Outstanding Youth Book“
2014: Selected: Ontario Library Association’s “Best Bets“
2013: Selected: Canadian Children’s Book Centre‘s “Best Books for Kids and Teens”
2013: Selected: Resource Links magazine’s Best Books of 2013
2013: Nominated: Forest of Reading’s Silver Birch Express Award
2013: Recommended: Canadian Toy Testing Council’s Toy Report 2014 Best Books