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Plan Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hardcover - 2009
by Brackney, Susan
- Used
A fascinating guided tour through the history, folklore,and function of the endangered honeybee.
Featured recently in major national news storiesbecause they are disappearing at an alarming rate,bees are the unsung-and absolutely essential-heroes of the food chain. Now they get their duein this delightfully illustrated, fact-filled book,courtesy of a professional beekeeper and naturewriter who explores:
á Why honey bees are disappearing-and what wecan do about it
á Who's who in the hive-the queen bee, theworkers, and the drones
á The role of bees in our food system
á Swarming behavior-what it is, what it means,and how it's controlled
á Bees by the numbers-number of bees per hive,number of wing beats per second, and otherfascinating facts
á Bees in folklore, literature, and pop culture
á And much more
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Details
- Title Plan Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About
- Author Brackney, Susan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Perigee Trade, New York
- Date 2009-04-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # FORT374655
- ISBN 9780399534966 / 0399534962
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.54 x 0.73 in (20.83 x 14.07 x 1.85 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Honeybee, Bee culture
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008052728
- Dewey Decimal Code 595.799
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