| Descript |
224 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Nonfiction. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index. |
| Contents |
What a bee is: an introduction -- A bee for all seasons: Apis mellifera, the European honey bee -- Greenhouse tomatoes kill the last Franklin's bumble bee? -- Osmia lignaria, the great and glorious BOB -- Bees, blueberries, budworms, and pesticides -- Cinderella ceratina and bees down on the farm -- Life, death, and thievery in the dark -- Bees in the grass: rethinking normal -- Citizen science and the great sunflower project -- The power of bees. |
| Summary |
All the buzz about North America’s bees Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America’s native bees—an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies—is just as crucial. Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Paige Embry explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture. The people and stories are compelling: Embry goes on a bee hunt with the world expert on the likely extinct Franklin’s bumble bee, raises blue orchard bees in her refrigerator, and learns about an organization that turns the out-of-play areas in golf courses into pollinator habitats.--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Bees -- North America.
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Pollinators -- North America.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
1604697695 |
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9781604697698 |
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