The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe (Scientists in the Field) - Hardcover

Loree Griffin Burns, Griffin Burns

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547152310 ISBN 13: 9780547152318

Verlag: HMH Books, 2010

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Book by Griffin Burns Loree

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"Throughout the presentation, readers learn about the anatomy, development, and social behavior of honey bees, and observe the process of scientific investigation and its vital, real-world application. Appended are lists of recommended books, magazines, films, Web sites as well as a glossary and a source bibliography. A fascinating book from the Scientists in the Field series."--Booklist, starred review

"Not long after beekeepers encountered a devastating new problem in their hives in 2006, a team of bee scientists began working to discover the causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD), now attributed to a combination of factors possibly including pesticides, nutrition, mites and viruses...Harasimowicz's clear, beautifully reproduced photographs support and extend the text."--Kirkus, starred review

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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 beekeeper Dave Hackenburg’s horror when he discovered twenty million of his charges had vanished. Those missing bees became the first casualties of a mysterious scourge that continues to plague honey bee populations today. 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.

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• Verlag: HMH Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0547152310
• ISBN 13: 9780547152318
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
• Zeichner: Ellen Harasimowicz Harasimowicz