The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe

by Loree Griffin Burns

Book Overview

Without honey bees the world would be a very different place. There would be no sweet, delicious honey, no beeswax for creams and candles, and--worst of all--barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat. So just imagine beekeeper Dave Hackenburg's horror when, in 2006, he discovered twenty million of his buzzing charges had vanished without a trace. Those missing bees became the first reported casualties of a mysterious scourge that continues to plague...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544003268
• ISBN13: 9780544003262
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7