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Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (2010), Edition: None, Hardcover, 80 pages
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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.
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LibraryThing member abbylibrarian
In 2006, beekeepers suddenly noticed some of their hives collapsing. The seemingly healthy and happy bees abandoned their hives for no obvious reason. Enter the hive detectives, a group of beekeepers and scientists with different specialties, coming together to figure out what's going wrong and how
Another great addition to the Scientists in the Field series, this book has full-color photos and a very readable style. Parts of the book are formatted to look like a field journal, which is a very effective layout for a book that takes you inside the action. Young ecologists and animal lovers will eat this up and I'd also try it on fans of creepy crawly things. Highly recommended.
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to fix it. Is it a new bee virus? A pest? Changes in the environment? The hive detectives are working hard to find out. Another great addition to the Scientists in the Field series, this book has full-color photos and a very readable style. Parts of the book are formatted to look like a field journal, which is a very effective layout for a book that takes you inside the action. Young ecologists and animal lovers will eat this up and I'd also try it on fans of creepy crawly things. Highly recommended.
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LibraryThing member prkcs
Chronicles the scientists, professionals and hobbyist beekeepers who are leading the investigaion into the sudden catasrophic demise of North American honeybee colonies. Includes information about hives, bees and "bee culture."
LibraryThing member jllwlsh
This is so much fun because of it's beautiful imagery, yet it heightens our awerness on a critical issue that has been coming to light. It is important to provide children with information about the world around them and the impact that they make. Honey Bees are an important part of our echosystem,
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LibraryThing member Ms.Penniman
Retelling: The bee drama begins when commercial bee and bee farmers discover that the bees from their mobile hives have vanished! This book weaves a description of bee-life and anatomy with the story of four bee detectives who investigate the possible causes of the vanishing honey bees of
Thoughts and Feelings: School is filled with carefully designed problems with one clear solution, but life isn't like that. It's far more mysterious and filled with unexpected twists and inconclusive data. The bee saga shows how real scientists used their prior knowledge to approach a real problem. It takes great discipline to say "we worked our butt off and we know more than we did before, but we're still searching for the answer" (my words, not theirs).
The end of the book lists websites where students can learn more. I'm looking forward to exploring beespotter.mste.uiuc.edu to see if I can still help the scientists figure out what happened to the bees.
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2006-2007. The scientists systematically investigate known possibilities (pests, viruses, and pesticides) before concluding that no single one of these caused the catastrophe. By the end of the book they begin researching possible causes in a variety of combinations.Thoughts and Feelings: School is filled with carefully designed problems with one clear solution, but life isn't like that. It's far more mysterious and filled with unexpected twists and inconclusive data. The bee saga shows how real scientists used their prior knowledge to approach a real problem. It takes great discipline to say "we worked our butt off and we know more than we did before, but we're still searching for the answer" (my words, not theirs).
The end of the book lists websites where students can learn more. I'm looking forward to exploring beespotter.mste.uiuc.edu to see if I can still help the scientists figure out what happened to the bees.
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LibraryThing member shillson
The Hive Detectives covers the strange disappearance of honey bees from hives around the world, a condition called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). The book examines the efforts of scientists and bee keepers to identify the cause of the problem. Information about the anatomy, development, and social
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behavior of honey bees are also included throughout the text. The book also demonstrates the the process of scientific investigation, the challenges of research projects, and the importance of investigating a variety of possibilities. There is a lot of text and some scientific knowledge is necessary, therefore I would recommend it to students in grades 4 and up. However, there are great color photos that make this book appealing for younger students too. Appended are lists of recommended books, magazines, films, and Web sites as well as a glossary and a source bibliography. All of the pictures have captions and the pictures clarify and extend the text. The information is presented clearly and directly and the language is vivid and interesting. Show Less
LibraryThing member klsulliv
The Hive Detectives provides information about honey bees, beekeeping and why honey bees are important to us. This book also gives readers insights into how scientists work to solve problems. Children will love this book because it encourages people to experiment to solve problems. Science is all
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about exploring and testing in order to solve problems. Children will learn all about bees in this book. Children will be amazed with all of the findings they read in this text! Show Less
LibraryThing member cassielanzas
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe discusses the colony collapse disorder. The author wrote the book to present the colony collapse disorder in an engaging, interesting, informative manner. First, Burns presents the hives collapsing a mystery by explaining many of the ways it
The style of the book was clearly laid out as a problem to be solved. The format led to some excitement on the topic. It read like a “Who did it?” for the agricultural world. The occasional page interspersed about bees were informative and not distracting. Additionally, the captions for the photographs were clear. The photographs themselves, while not artistic, were clear and informative.
The facts of the book are accurate and current. I have never learned about colony collapse disorder outside of news reports, so I conducted some additional research on the EPA’s website. The theories that the book investigates are consistent with the government reports. The book was published recently, in 2010, and was not yet outdated. The puzzle has not yet been solved. Additionally, there are extensive citations and references.
Colony collapse syndrome is essential for everyone, including young adults to learn about. Bees are necessary to pollinate most plants that we eat. This book could be of specific interest to young adults because many young adults are concerned with social justice and environmental issues.
Burns also does an excellent job showing multiple sides of the same issue. The idea that there may be disagreements in science and different perspectives could be appealing to developing abstract mind of young adults. Since the book presents competing theories from a variety of scientists, it clearly delineates which parts of the science are theory and which are fact. Young adults are often interested in catastrophic situations, which we would be in if we did not have any more bees to pollinate our plants.
Overall, the book was very enjoyable and would make an excellent addition to a library. It would also be a very good non-fiction read aloud.
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is atypical from other bee disorders. Then, she presents a research team to solve the mystery. Next, each member of the research team investigates the disorder and reports back on their findings. Additionally, Burns intermittently injects a page that explains basic science related to bees.The style of the book was clearly laid out as a problem to be solved. The format led to some excitement on the topic. It read like a “Who did it?” for the agricultural world. The occasional page interspersed about bees were informative and not distracting. Additionally, the captions for the photographs were clear. The photographs themselves, while not artistic, were clear and informative.
The facts of the book are accurate and current. I have never learned about colony collapse disorder outside of news reports, so I conducted some additional research on the EPA’s website. The theories that the book investigates are consistent with the government reports. The book was published recently, in 2010, and was not yet outdated. The puzzle has not yet been solved. Additionally, there are extensive citations and references.
Colony collapse syndrome is essential for everyone, including young adults to learn about. Bees are necessary to pollinate most plants that we eat. This book could be of specific interest to young adults because many young adults are concerned with social justice and environmental issues.
Burns also does an excellent job showing multiple sides of the same issue. The idea that there may be disagreements in science and different perspectives could be appealing to developing abstract mind of young adults. Since the book presents competing theories from a variety of scientists, it clearly delineates which parts of the science are theory and which are fact. Young adults are often interested in catastrophic situations, which we would be in if we did not have any more bees to pollinate our plants.
Overall, the book was very enjoyable and would make an excellent addition to a library. It would also be a very good non-fiction read aloud.
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LibraryThing member KilmerMSLibrary
In 2006, nearly 40 per cent of the honeybee population in the United States simply vanished. Bee scientists and beekeepers across the country have been working to understand “colony collapse disorder.” Photographs and scientific journals help tell the story.
LibraryThing member Emily.Small
A wealth of information on bee keeping and the great bee missing mystery. THe photos are great, and give greater insight into this disaster.
LibraryThing member themulhern
A good book tackling a significant subject. Just a little too much human interest cliche in it and not enough science.
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
After reading this in my garden, I couldn't help but stop to observe the different bees buzzing about on our blue spirea and wonder where their hives were! Informative, readable and compelling, with plenty of color photos for poring over. Let's hope the mystery of colony collapse disorder is solved
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LibraryThing member ecarlson2014
This book talks about the process of harvesting honey from bee farms, it uses many pictures to provide more information about the equipment that is used to harvest honey. The book then goes into talking about the decline of bees and what experts are doing to learn why bees are dying.
LibraryThing member Madelynnvallejo
This book would be a good book to use in a research project. Specifically in locations that are not used to the terminology used with bees. Each page has beautiful photographs to display the information that was given.
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2013)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2013)
Riverby Awards (Winner — 2011)
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (Finalist — 2011)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — 2012)
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Original publication date
2010-05-03
Physical description
80 p.; 11.24 x 9.12 inches
ISBN
0547152310 / 9780547152318