A beehive can be home to 35,000 bees during the summer. However, each hive has only one queen bee. Find out more in Beehives, a title in the Nature's Engineers series. Nature's Engineers is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. Each title in the series features easy-to-read text, stunning visuals, and a challenging educational activity. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks,...

Presents information about the natural history of bees, including their evolution, a dictionary of species, a holistic approach to bee health, and more.

A horde of bees and a young boy race around town wreaking havoc on the townspeople.

Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of honeybees.

"Whether you have a single rooftop hive, a few bee boxes in your backyard, or a large-scale apiary, this is the only reference you'll need. Learn how to: properly house your bees in all seasons; manage your colony's nutrition; maintain an effective pollination schedule; prevent and treat mites and disease; introduce a new queen to the hive; capture a swarm; harvest and store your honey crop."--Back cover.

"This title takes readers through our warming world where bee habitats are dwindling. Learn why humans are the cause of dropping bee populations and what we can do to help them bounce back"--Publisher.

"This book will delight young readers as they learn about the bee's Awesome Animal Power. Basic information is covered, such as life cycle, range, diet, predators, and threats. Table of contents, body diagram, map, fun facts, facts page, glossary, and index are included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.

Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and shows how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping--Darwinian...

"Provides information for readers about a bee's home, food, and body"--Provided by publisher.

I See Bees introduces emergent readers to bees while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. The carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once. I See Bees includes tools for teachers and caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of...