| Hive Detectives Contributor(s): Griffin Burns, Loree (Author), Harasimowicz, Ellen (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 162765142X ISBN-13: 9781627651424 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $22.57 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Insects, Spiders, Etc. - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection |
| Dewey: 638.130 |
| Lexile Measure: 1120 |
| Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9" W x 11.2" (1.25 lbs) 69 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 136418 Reading Level: 7.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating book. --"Booklist" Without honey bees, the world would be a different place. There would be no honey, no beeswax for candles, and, worst of all, barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat.So imagine the beekeeper Dave Hackenburg s horror when he discovered twenty million of his charges had vanished. In "The Hive Detectives, " Loree Griffin Burns profiles bee wranglers and bee scientists who have been working to understand colony collapse disorder, or CCD. In this dramatic and enlightening story, readers explore the lives of the fuzzy, buzzy insects and learn what might happen to us if they were gone. |