The case of the vanishing honey bees : a scientific mystery / by Sandra Markle.
Material type: TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2014]Description: 48 pages : color illustrations, map ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1467705926 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- 9781467705929 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 595.799 M346 | Available | 33111005192998 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Honeybees are a crucial part of our food chain. As they gather nectar from flowers to make sweet honey, these bees also play an important role in pollination, helping some plants produce fruit. But large numbers of honeybees are disappearing every year . . . and no one knows why. Is a fungus killing them? Could a poor diet be the cause? What about changes to bees' natural habitat? In this real-life science mystery, scientists and beekeepers are working to answer these questions . . . and save the world's honeybees before it's too late.
Includes index.
It's a mystery -- If honeybees are in trouble, we're in trouble! -- What is killing the honeybees? -- Honeybee killer, case open -- Will the future be sweet? -- Author's note -- Honeybees are amazing! -- Help your local honeybees -- Global rescue efforts -- Glossary -- Digging deeper.
Honeybees are disappearing. A mysterious killer is wiping out beekeeper's honey makers at a rate of 30 to 50 percent each year. Countries all over the world have had entire honeybee colonies vanish. If this disappearing act continues, the global food supply will be in great danger. Can scientists and beekeepers solve the mystery in time to save the honeybees? or is it already too late?