Where have all the bees gone? / Rebecca E. Hirsch.
Material type: TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 104 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781541534636
- 1541534638
- Where have all the bees gone? : pollinators in crisis
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 595.799 H669 | Available | 33111009425592 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 595.799 H669 | Available | 33111009596053 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Apples, blueberries, peppers, cucumbers, coffee, and vanilla. Do you like to eat and drink? Then you might want to thank a bee.
Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. 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 teeter on the brink of extinction. Learn about the many bee species on Earth--their nests, their colonies, their life cycles, and their vital connection to flowering plants. Most importantly, find out how you can help these important pollinators.
"If we had to try and do what bees do on a daily basis, if we had to come out here and hand pollinate all of our native plants and our agricultural plants, there is physically no way we could do it. . . . Our best bet is to conserve our native bees." --ecologist Rebecca Irwin, North Carolina State University
plants, there is physically no way we could do it. . . . Our best bet is to conserve our native bees." --ecologist Rebecca Irwin, North Carolina State Universityplants, there is physically no way we could do it. . . . Our best bet is to conserve our native bees." --ecologist Rebecca Irwin, North Carolina State Universityplants, there is physically no way we could do it. . . . Our best bet is to conserve our native bees." --ecologist Rebecca Irwin, North Carolina State University"Pollinators in crisis." -- cover.
Age 13-18.
Grade 9 to 12.
Includes bibliographical references (page 99) and index.
The last Franklin's bumblebee -- The remarkable, hard-working humblebee -- Disease spillover -- The day the bees died -- An ancient relationship -- The need for natives -- Bee town, USA -- What's best for bees.
"Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. 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 teetering on the brink of extinction. Learn about the many bee species on Earth--their nests, their colonies, their life cycles, and their vital connection to flowering plants. Most importantly, find out how you can help these crucial pollinators." -- back cover.
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 teetering on the brink of extinction. Hirsch discusses the many bee species on Earth: their nests, their colonies, their life cycles, and their vital connection to flowering plants. Most importantly, find out how you can help these crucial pollinators. -- adapted from front flap
The last Franklin's bumblebee -- An ancient relationship -- Pollination powerhouses -- A bee Cs -- Disease spillover -- The day the bees died -- Bee Town, USA -- What's best for bees? -- A note from the author. -- source: Contents page