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

by Loree Griffin Burns (Author) Ellen Harasimowicz (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4^th − 5^th Grade

An examination of bee wranglers and bee scientists who have been working to understand colony collapse disorder, or CCD. Readers explore the lives of the fuzzy, buzzy insects and learn what might happen if they were gone. Full color.

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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.

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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.

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Loree Griffin Burns

Loree Griffin Burns is an award-winning writer who holds a PhD in biochemistry. Each of her books draws heavily on both her passion for nature and her experience as a working scientist. She is the author of Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island, Citizen Scientist: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery in Your Own Back Yard, and Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It.

Ellen Harasimowicz has been a professional photographer since 2003. She has made photographs for newspapers and schools, and she has illustrated four children's books, all with Loree Griffin Burns. Ellen loves to travel and photograph far-off places. www.ellenharasimowicz.com

Classification

Non-fiction

ISBN-13

9780547152318

Lexile Measure

1120

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Publisher

Clarion Books

Publication date

May 20, 2010

Series

Scientists in the Field

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Honeybee
Bee culture
Bees
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees

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