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Series: A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings A Year of Keeping Bees Paperback Helen Jukes 9781501766534 $24.95 NATURE Sep 15, 2022

A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings begins as Helen Jukes is entering her thirties and struggling to settle into her new job and home. Then friends gift her a colony of honeybees?a gift that, according to folklore, brings good luck?and Jukes embarks on the rewarding, perilous journey of becoming a beekeeper.Jukes writes about what it means to "keep" wild creatures and to live alongside beings whose laws of life are so different from our own. She delves into the history of beekeeping, exploring the ancient?and sometimes disturbing?relationship be... + Read More
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Series: A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators: Ontario and Great Lakes Edition Paperback Lorraine Johnson 9781771623230 $29.95 NATURE Jun 11, 2022

An inspiring and practical guide to creating beautiful habitat gardens full of life A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee provides all the information gardeners need to take action to support and protect pollinators, by creating habitat in yards and community spaces, on balconies and boulevards, everywhere! With more than 300 native plants of Ontario and the Great Lakes region profiled in detail, along with sample garden designs, ideas for beautiful plant pairings and numerous tips for success, this fully-illustrated guide helps gardeners di... + Read More
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Series: The Beekeeper's Handbook 5th edition Paperback Diana Sammataro 9781501752612 $40.95 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Age (years) from 18 Apr 15, 2021

Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile have created the best single-volume guide to the hobby and profession of beekeeping. The Beekeeper's Handbook provides step-by-step instructions for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony and a generous supply of honey. Various colony care options and techniques are explained so that beekeepers can make the best choices for their hives.The Beekeeper's Handbook is an invaluable resource for both beginner and veteran beekeepers. This fully updated ... + Read More
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Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series Keeping Bees with a Smile Principles and Practice of Natural Beekeeping Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition Paperback Fedor Lazutin 9780865719279 $34.99 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Apr 07, 2020

Are you a beginner beekeeper curious about bees or a practicing beekeeper looking for natural alternatives that work? Then this book is for you! In the second edition of the bestselling beekeeping guide Keeping Bees with a Smile, Fedor Lazutin, one of Europe's most successful natural beekeepers, shares the bee-friendly approach to apiculture that is fun, healthful, rewarding, and accessible to all. This new edition includes dozens of color photographs, new hive management techniques, and an updated version of "Lazutin hive" plans. Additional c... + Read More
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Series: Animal Habitats at Risk A Bee's Difficult Search for Food Paperback Mary Ellen Klukow 9781681524894 $13.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Aug 20, 2019

Animals face scary challenges every day! These narrative nonfiction books focus on describing the changes to animals habitats that affect the animal's way of life—or even puts their species at risk of dying out! Readers will learn about the reasons for changes in habitats that affect animals and small steps they can take to help protect them. A scout bee is searching for food for the hive, but finds building development where flowers used to be. She must avoid pesticides and swatting humans. Will she find any nectar for the hive? This narrative... + Read More
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Series: Can You Tell the Difference? Is It a Bee or a Wasp? Paperback Gail Terp 9781644660522 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 9 Aug 20, 2019

Nature is full of animal look-alikes, and this series will equip readers with all the knowledge they need to avoid misidentifying animals commonly mistaken for each other. With conversational text, witty comparisons, fun facts, and humorous imagery, this series is sure to have even the most reluctant readers laughing and learning.
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Series: Hello Honeybees: Read and play in the hive! (Bee Books, Board Books for Babies, Toddler Board Books) Board book Hannah Rogge 9781452168920 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 4 Mar 19, 2019

Unique board book transforms into a stand-up beehive!Fly the bees through the story and play along in the hive: The youngest nature lovers will adore this ingenious board book that transforms into a stand-up beehive! Simply "fly" the two bee characters–attached to board book with ribbons–through the beautifully illustrated pages to visit a garden, tour the beehive, and see how honey is made. Full of playful and informative touches, this book is a sweet introduction to the hardworking honeybee that will have young readers buzzing to learn more."... + Read More
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Series: 101 Amazing Uses 101 Amazing Uses for Honey Paperback Susan Branson 9781641700443 $18.99 HEALTH & FITNESS Jan 01, 2019

Honey: this sweet, golden nectar with a low glycemic index has made a big comeback as a natural sweetener. But honey isn't just to sweeten your tea! Its incredible health benefits range from treating anemia to increasing calcium absorption to fighting off colds! Holistic nutritional consultant Susan Branson provides 101 useful?and scientifically documented?reasons to add honey to your diet and daily life. Millions of people are turning away from the harsh effects of modern solutions and back to the gentle but powerful benefits of nature?s oldes... + Read More
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Series: Listening to the Bees Hardcover Mark Winston 9780889713468 $24.95 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Apr 28, 2018

Listening to the Bees is a collaborative exploration by two writers to illuminate the most profound human questions: Who are we? Who do we want to be in the world? Through the distinct but complementary lenses of science and poetry, Mark Winston and Renée Saklikar reflect on the tension of being an individual living in a society, and about the devastation wrought by overly intensive management of agricultural and urban habitats. Listening to the Bees takes readers into the laboratory and out to the field, into the worlds of scientists and beeke... + Read More
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Series: Planting for Honeybees The Grower's Guide to Creating a Buzz Hardcover Sarah Wyndham-Lewis 9781787131460 $24.99 GARDENING Mar 20, 2018

Of the 25,000 known species of bee worldwide, only seven species are honeybees. Bees and plants have a sophisticated and delicate symbiosis. In recent years, the shrinking of green spaces has endangered the honeybee. Now Planting for Honeybees shows you how you can help these delightful pollinators to flourish by creating a garden as habitat for them. No matter how small or large your space – from a window ledge in the city to a country garden – Sarah Wyndham Lewis offers practical advice on which plants to grow and when and where to plant them... + Read More
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Series: Spot Bees Paperback Nessa Black 9781681522241 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Feb 06, 2018

Let's learn about creepy, crawly critters! A perfectly age-appropriate introduction to reading, this series introduces simple facts and new vocabulary to emergent readers. From butterflies to spiders, up-close photographs and carefully leveled text provide basic information about these critter's body parts and behaviors. A search-and-find feature keeps even the youngest readers engaged and entertained. This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a bee's body pa... + Read More
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Series: Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping Next Steps for the Thinking Beekeeper Paperback Christy Hemenway 9780865718098 $29.95 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Dec 26, 2016

Beekeeping outside the box – getting beyond the basics with top bar hives Bee populations are plummeting worldwide. Colony Collapse Disorder poses a serious threat to many plants which rely on bees for pollination, including a significant proportion of our food crops. Top bar hives are based on the concept of understanding and working with bees' natural systems, enabling top bar beekeepers to produce honey and natural wax while helping bees thrive now and in the years ahead. Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping picks up where The Thinking Beekeeper le... + Read More
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Series: Mason Bee Revolution How the Hardest Working Bee Can Save the World - One Backyard at a Time Paperback Dave Hunter 9781594859632 $25.95 NATURE May 13, 2016

The national media regularly features dire stories on honeybee colony collapse and its danger to our food supply. But there's another, unsung bee that has the potential to save the planet?the mason bee.Mason Bee Revolution explains how docile, hard-working, solitary mason bees (and their compatriots, the leafcutter bees) are even more productive pollinators than honeybees, and keeping them can be a fun, easy, backyard hobby for gardeners, conservationists, foodies, and families everywhere. Why these bees? Bee pollination is critical for about ... + Read More
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Series: Bee Dance Hardcover Rick Chrustowski 9780805099195 $26.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 16, 2015

In Bee Dance, follow a foraging honeybee as she searches for food and returns to the hive to share the news in a honeybee dance! A honeybee searches for nectar, then returns to the hive to tell the other bees. She does a waggle dance, moving in a special figure-eight pattern to share the location of the foodsource with her hivemates. With vivid and active images, Rick Chrustowski brings these amazing bees to life!
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Series: Seedlings Seedlings: Bees Paperback Aaron Frisch 9781628320381 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Mar 17, 2015

Hello, bees and butterflies. Hello, cheetahs and eagles. Hello, ... fun! The popular Seedlings series from Creative Education now offers irresistible introductions to five more wild animals and three familiar insects. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the bodies, behaviors, habitats, and family relationships of living things. A wonderful introduction to an informational text format,put these irresistible titles on your shelves and plant ... + Read More
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Series: Touch and Feel Cloth Books Fuzzy Bee and Friends Cloth Book Edition Book Roger Priddy 9780312518912 $13.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (months) from 12 - 24 Jan 06, 2015

This charming cloth book from Roger Priddy is perfect for your littlest ones, Fuzzy Bee and Friends! Features bright, vivid colors to help develop children's sensory awareness, as well as rhyming text to help kids improve their listening skills.This textured book has a crinkly cover that kids will love, plus plenty to touch and grab, including the fuzziness of the bee, the wings of a butterfly, the shells of a beetle, and so much more!
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Series: The Thinking Beekeeper A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives Paperback Christy Hemenway 9780865717206 $29.99 GARDENING Jan 01, 2013

Give bees a chance - the complete how-to and why-to for keeping bees in top-bar hives What's the buzz about the growing popularity of backyard beekeeping? Providing habitat for bees, pollinating your garden, and producing honey for your family are some of the compelling reasons for taking up this exciting hobby. But conventional beekeeping requires a significant investment and has a steep learning curve. The alternative? Consider beekeeping outside the box. The Thinking Beekeeper is the definitive do-it-yourself guide to natural beekeeping ... + Read More
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Series: Kingfisher Readers Kingfisher Readers L1: Busy as a Bee Paperback Louise P. Carroll 9780753469002 $3.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Dec 24, 2012

Everyone has heard the phrase "busy as a bee," and in this book young readers get to see exactly what those bees are up to. From pollinating flowers and collecting nectar to beecommunication, life in the hive, making honey, and the role of the queen, Kingfisher Readers L1: Busy as a Bee by Louise P. Caroll covers every aspect of bee life in stunning up-close detail. Unfamiliar words like 'hive' are introduced throughout the text with subtle highlighting and the beautiful photography and text work together seamlessly to draw readers forward for ... + Read More
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Series: Little Finger Puppet Board Books Little Bee: Finger Puppet Book (Finger Puppet Book for Toddlers and Babies, Baby Books for First Year, Animal Finger Puppets) Board book Chronicle Books 9780811852364 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 12 Jan 24, 2006

An adorable finger puppet peeks through a diecut hole on each page making this book an excellent way to read and play.