Honeybees are astonishing insects, at work in one way or another from their very early days. In this fun and fact-filled picture book, Deborah Heiligman follows the life of one busy worker bee as it moves from job to job in the hive, at each phase with a different set of duties that help keep the community going. As a nurse bee, the worker bee feeds the larva, nourishing the young bees into their adult state. Guard bees protect the hive, warning of intruders like bears or wasps, and fighting off robber bees from other hives that come to steal honey. As a forager bee, she'll fly long distances to find nectar for the hive in flowers, pollinating other plants as she goes. The constant activity of the bees and their incredible sense of community keeps the reader busy - learning about these insects who do so much more than sting.
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Kindergarten-Grade 3-Young readers will be awed by the amount of information packed into this brief book. The bold, gouache illustrations reinforce the hard work and myriad tasks described. From the opening pages, bees are shown on the move, gathering nectar, feeding larvae, maturing, cleaning and polishing cells, making wax, taking care of the queen, unloading nectar, and guarding the hives. Like the bees, readers jump from one concept to another and may become confused by the changing roles and stages, not realizing that a worker bee and a forager bee are the same. There is also some confusion between the diagrams and the text. The text refers to a bee's tongue whereas the diagram shows only a proboscis. Heiligman also states that bees use every part of their body to do their work but no mention is made of the role of the thorax, forelegs, or compound eye. Nonetheless, readers will learn how bees communicate, the role of royal jelly, and just how hardworking honeybees really are. An attractive addition.
Edith Ching, St. Albans School, Mt. St. Alban, Washington, DC
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Edith Ching, St. Albans School, Mt. St. Alban, Washington, DC
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 5-8. This picture book from the Jump into Science series presents the honeybee. Besides trying to allay children's fears of bees, it provides fascinating details about life inside the hive, where female bees develop from egg to larva to pupa to worker bee. At various stages in their adult lives, the workers have specific jobs, such as nurse bee, house bee, guard bee, and forager. As she clearly describes how the workers perform their tasks at different stages, Heiligman also communicates a great deal of interesting information about species. Golembe's naive gouache paintings, sometimes surrounded by decorative borders, illustrate the text clearly and colorfully. Carolyn Phelan
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Deborah Heiligman has written more than twenty books for children, most of them nonfiction, including three other biographies. She is married to Jonathan Weiner, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for The Beak of the Finch.
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Honeybees by Deborah Heiligman, illustrated by Carla Bolembe,
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This review is from: Honeybees: Jump into Science (Hardcover)
Ever wondered how bees make honey? Dive into this lively informative book about bees and find out why " Busy as a bee" is not an idle statement! Discover which bees work, feed, fly and warn the hive of possible attacks. The book is well written, vividly illustrated and artistically designed. Notice the end papers!Deborah Heiligman takes a complicated concept and explains it in carefully chosen clarifying details. Add this to your home library. You'll return to it, again and again.
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The colorful and exciting life of honeybees,
By Jason Marks (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Honeybees: Jump into Science (Hardcover)
As the father of an eight year old who is not particularly interested in science, I am always looking for science themed books that will capture my son's attention. Honeybees is just such a book. My son (and my daughter and I) found the story of the honeybee's life to be intriguing. Their society is truly fascinating. Heiligman's text is well written and informative. Carla Golembe's colorful illustrations are exquisite, imaginative and accurate at the same time. A most impressive accomplishment.
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Fascinating - great for kids and adults might learn something too!,
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We are big fans of the entire Jump into Science series - we have almost all of them and the quality and interest-level of honeybees is excellent, and on par with the rest - highly recommended! My 5-year old son likes to put up his arms and pretend to be a guard bee - and he calls some of the other bees he sees outside "robber bees" it's awesome.
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