Explore Honey Bees! by Cindy Blobaum

Explore Honey Bees! by Cindy Blobaum

What did you have for breakfast this morning? Toast, cereal, juice, and fruit? You can thank the honey bees! About one out of every three mouthfuls we eat is affected by honey bee pollination. In Explore Honey Bees! With 25 Great Projects, young readers learn about honey bee colonies, why honey bees live in hives, how honey bees communicate with each other, and why they are so important to human lives.

Another interesting thing about honey bees is their recent decrease in numbers. Colony collapse disorder first appeared in 2006 and since then beekeepers have seen disappearances of 30 to 90 percent of their bee colonies each year. In Explore Honey Bees! readers learn about possible reasons behind and solutions to this growing global problem.

Explore Honey Bees! offers a glimpse into the fascinating and efficient miniature world that children will find familiar from movies such as the 2007 animated Bee Movie. Activities include designing a hive, learning bee dance moves, and making a model of a flower's reproductive system, which reinforce the math, engineering, and science skills readers gain from the text. Fun facts and colorful illustrations make learning fun and exciting. Links to online primary sources integrate a digital learning experience and offer opportunities to delve deeper into the world of honey bees.

Cindy Blobaum is the author of Explore Night Science! for Nomad Press, as well as Geology Rocks and Insectigations. She is a contributor to Highlights, Hopscotch for Girls, and Plays magazines and has designed science-based programs and teacher workshops for nature organizations throughout the United States. Cindy lives in Des Moines, Iowa.

Bryan Stone is a cartoonist and the illustrator of several books for Nomad Press including Explore Night Science!, Explore Flight!, Explore Rivers and Ponds!, Explore Rocks and Minerals!, and Explore Electricity!. He lives in Hartland, Vermont.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781619302907
ISBN 10	161930290X
Title	Explore Honey Bees!
Author	Cindy Blobaum
Series	Explore Your World Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nomad Press
Year published	2015-06-25
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.