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#FridayReads: Bee Happy!

beesBee happy it’s Friday! In honor of National Honeybee Day on August 20th, here are a few books on bees to enjoy.

Bee population decline has been in the news for years now, but the good news is that, according to a report issued this week by Friends of the Earth, nurseries are selling fewer harmful, pesticide-treated “bee-friendly” plants.

FEATURED TITLES

THE BEE BOOK by DK Publishing

BACKYARD FARMING: Keeping Honey Bees by Kim Pezza

PLAN BEE: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Hardest-Working Creature on the Planet by Susan Brackney

LETTERS FROM THE HIVE: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind by Stephen Buchmann and Banning Repplier

 

FOR YOUNGER READERS

HONEY BEES: Letters from the Hive by Stephen Buchmann

FLIGHT OF THE HONEY BEE by Raymond Huber and Brian Lovelock

DK Readers L1: BUSY BUZZY BEE by Karen Wallace

DK Readers L2: AMAZING BEES by  Sue Unstead 

 

For more information on these and related titles visit the collection: Bees


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Posted: August 19, 2016