Burns, Loree Griffin.

The hive detectives : chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe / Loree Griffin Burns ; with photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz. - Boston : Sandpiper, [2013], c2010. - 69 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm. - Scientists in the field. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65) and index.

Bees don't just produce honey. Your food supply depends on them. Apiarist Dave Hackenberg's bees have a busy travel schedule, pollinating around the United States from February to July. So when Dave inspected four hundred of his hives and found that the bees had simply vanished, a dream team of bee scientists got to work.



ISBN: 9780544003262 (pbk.) 0544003268 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees
Bee culture
Honeybee
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees.
Honeybee.
Bees.

Dewey Class. No.: 638/.13