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The Buzz on Bees: Why Are They Disappearing?

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"The Buzz on Bees, Why Are They Disappearing?" is a color-photo studded fact book about the alarming disappearance of whole populations of bees in North America. The phenomena is called Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD, and since 2004 almost half of the honeybees in the United States have vanished. "The Buzz on Bees" explores possible causes, including pollution, mites, even migratory beekeeping. There suggestions as to how kids can be proactive in encouraging the survival of bees, including planting their own garden, encouraging parents to buy local, organically grown food, buying local honey, planting meadows instead of lawns, avoiding spraying pesticides, planting flowers to bloom at different times to ensure a summer-long food supply for bees, and even beginning to try home beekeeping, just like First lady Michelle Obama and her family. many interesting facts about bees are included along with countless fabulous photos. If bees are a key to the health and survival-potential of earth's environment, we need to focus on how to support bees and make a more habitable environment for them. "The Buzz on Bees" helps teach kids more about how to do just that.

This book I would recommend. It is well written and the potography is excellent. Knowing some of the people in this book and hearing their comments I would highly recommend the book. I know that facts are correct because I know the honeybee business.