Imagine a world without bees. Not only would it be less colourful - with fewer wildflowers and flowering plants - it would be less fruitful as well. A world without bees would mean a world where the food supply would be significantly diminished. Global bee researcher Laurence Packer estimates that bees are responsible for 1/3 of our food supply.

Buzz About Bees is the latest addition to the series that includes Lowdown on Earthworms and follows the same formula offering an in-depth look at an endangered and vital part of the natural world.

Accompanying information about the history, social structure and science behind the world of bees and honey are conservation activities to make the world a place where hives of bees can thrive.

Kari-Lynn Winters
is a picture book author, poet, and performer. She enjoys being in the classroom in any capacity, as a presenter, a teacher, or as a student. After finishing her doctoral program at UBC in literacy education, Kari-Lynn assumed her new job as Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, where she teaches drama-in-education to and mentors teacher candidates.

BEE-LIEVE IT OR NOT, BEES ARE SOMETHING TO BUZZ ABOUT

Chapter 1: BEE-N THERE, DONE THAT

BEE-ing Worthy of Royal Status
Take Your Medicine: Drink Your Honey
Recipe for Soothing a STING-ing Throat

Chapter 2: THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX

UnBEE-lievable Body Parts
Classifying Bee Bodies
To BEE or Not to BEE

Chapter 3: BEE-ING TOGETHER

Social Bees
Nests or Hives
BEE-ing the Queen
Honeybees
Honey: Liquid Gold
Keeping BUZZ-y

Chapter 4: BEE-ING ALONE

BEE-autiful Homes
Living BEE-side Each Other
BEE-fore I Leave You
Getting BEE-gger: Life Cycle of a Bee

Chapter 5: BEES OF THE WORLD, DISPERSE!

Bee Mobility
Invasive Pests
Killer Bees
Leave Me BEE Game
The BEE’s Knees
BEE a Researcher
Let Me BEE: I’m BUZZ-y Working
BEE-ing a Beekeeper
A SWEET Life

Chapter 6: STINGING EFFECTS ON THE WORLD

BEE-hind the Eight Ball
BEE-coming Extinct
What’s the BUZZ?
BEE the Change the World Needs

Glossary
Index
Further Reading Photo Credits