The Buzz on Wild Bees: The Little-Known Pollinators that Keep Our Planet Humming
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Table of Contents Can You Spot the Bee Where the Wild Bees Are A Bit More Buzz About Wild Bees Wild Bee Weirdos The Baddest Wild Bees in Town Wild Bees Save the Day Save the Wild Bees Human Help Is on the Way You Can BEE Part of the Solution The Last Word Glossary A Few Buzzwords Selected Bibliography 6 12 14 16 20 22 26 28 30 32 34 35
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Did you choose the honeybee If you did that’s not surprising Honeybees are the celebrities of the bee world They’re known for living together in groups called colonies that include one queen bee many drones and even more worker bees They’re famous pollinators which means they play a role in an important process called pollination so that fruits vegetables and other plants grow And who could forget the sweet honey and chewy honeycomb they store in their hives We humans and other animals love that stuff Honey is basically Honey is basically bee vomit Just so bee vomit Just so you know you know 7
