Get a little seen, up close look at these fuzzy, hard-working pollinators. There's plenty to learn about these little pollinators and their world.

What’s the buzz about bees? This book takes a look inside the bee’s world, and explains bees’ bodies, bee colonies, and the bee’s role in pollination.

Beastly behavior comes in all sizes, as readers will discover as they explore the fascinating world of minibeasts. Each book focuses on a particular type, and includes information about several different species in the group. Each book looks at the anatomy, features, and behavior of the minibeast, introducing information about habitats, reproduction, predators, and feeding along the way. Images are highly magnified and contoured to give the impression that the creatures are almost walking off the page. Internet search tips as well as boxed text on each spread introduces further information and interesting or alternative examples of the information being discussed on the spread.

Examines bees and their anatomy and behavior.

Many people think bees are nuisances because they can sting. However, bees have a very important job to do. Bees pollinate our world. Without bees, we wouldn't have many of the foods we eat and many of the beautiful flowers we love. Up-close photographs show how interesting and beautiful bees are. Age-appropriate language allows readers to draw connections between the photographs and the text, which explores bees' life cycle and the habitats in which they live.

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 Beekeeping--which enables honey bees to use the toolkit of survival skills their species has acquired over the past thirty million years, and to evolve solutions to the new challenges they face today. He shows beekeepers how to use the principles of natural selection to guide their practices, and he offers a new vision of how beekeeping can better align with the natural habits of honey bees.

Examines bees and their anatomy, behavior, and reproduction.

A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural world Following the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. Weaving informative discussions of bee biology with colorful anecdotes, personal insights, and beautiful photos, Thomas Seeley describes the history and science behind this lost pastime and how anyone can do it. The bee hunter’s reward is a thrilling encounter with nature that challenges mind and body while also giving insights into the remarkable behavior of honey bees living in the wild. Whether you’re a bee enthusiast or just curious about the natural world, this book is the ideal companion for newcomers to bee hunting and a rare treat for armchair naturalists.

A million pounds of honey. Produced by a billion bees! This memoir reconstructs the life of a young man from Pennsylvania as he drops into the bald prairie badlands of southern Saskatchewan. He buys a honey ranch and keeps the bees that make the honey. But he also spends winters in Florida swamps, nurse-maid to ten thousand dainty queen bees. From the dusty Canadian prairie to the thick palmetto swamps of the American south, the reader meets with simple folks who shape the protagonist's character - including a Cree rancher with three sons playing NHL hockey, a Hutterite preacher who yearns to roam the globe, a reclusive bee-eating homesteader, and a grey-headed widow who grows grapefruit, plays a nasty game of scrabble, and lives with four vicious dogs. Encompassing a ten-year period, this true story evolves from the earnest inexperience of the young man as he learns an art and builds a business. Carefully researched natural biology runs counterpoint to human social activities. Bee craft serves as the setting for expositions that contrast American and Canadian lifestyles, while exemplifying the harsh reality of a man working with and against the physical environment.

Talks about each habitat and shows what would happen if the food chain was broken.