The Hive Detectives - (Scientists in the Field (Paperback)) by Loree Griffin Burns (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>THE HIVE DETECTIVES is a science book for middle-grade readers in the Scientists in the Field series. Pulled straight from today's headlines: the disappearance of America's honey bees.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Without honey bees the world would be a very different place. There would be no sweet, delicious honey, no beeswax for creams and candles, and--worst of all--barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat. So just imagine beekeeper Dave Hackenburg's horror when, in 2006, he discovered twenty million of his buzzing charges had vanished without a trace. Those missing bees became the first reported casualties of a mysterious scourge that continues to plague honey bee populations today.</p><p>In <i>The Hive Detectives</i>, Loree Griffin Burns profiles bee wranglers and bee scientists across the country who have been working to understand colony collapse disorder, or CCD: the Hackenburgs, who move their three thousand beehives from coast to coast in order to pollinate crops; Mary Duane, who raises bees and bottles blue ribbon honey; and Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Jeffrey Pettis, Diana Cox-Foster, and Maryann Frazier, who study bees from every possible angle in an attempt to discover what is killing them.</p><p>In this dramatic and enlightening chronicle of a modern honey bee catastrophe, readers explore the lives of the fuzzy, buzzing insects we ought to love... and join the human quest to protect them.</p><p>"A fascinating book from the Scientists in the Field series." --<i>Booklist</i>, starred review</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>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.--<b><i>Booklist, </i> starred review</b></p><p>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.--<i><b>Kirkus, </b></i> <b>starred review <p/></b></p><p> </p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Loree Griffin Burns, Ph.D.</b>, was stung five times while researching this book: once by accident and four times while trying to capture the image on page 41. She lives, writes, and watches bees in central Massachusetts. You can visit her at www.loreeburns.com.</p><p><b>Ellen Harasimowicz</b> is a freelance photojournalist new to nature photography. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and Scientific American. Ellen lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Paul; her work can be seen at www.ellenharasimowicz.com.</p>
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