The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe

Without honey bees the world would be a different place. There would be no honey, no beeswax for candles, and, worst of all, barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat. So imagine beekeeper Dave Hackenburg's horror when he discovered twenty million of his charges had vanished. Those missing bees became the first casualties of a mysterious scourge that continues to plague honey bee populations today. In The Hive Detectives, Loree Griffin Burns profiles bee wranglers and bee scientists who have been working to understand colony collapse disorder, or CCD. In this dramatic and enlightening story, readers explore the lives of the fuzzy, buzzy insects and learn what might happen to us if they were gone.


Author: Loree Griffin Burns
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 05/24/2010
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.12h x 11.24w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780547152318

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136418 / Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe

Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2010
Booklist 05/01/2010 pg. 84
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2010 pg. 372
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2010 pg. 104
School Library Journal 06/01/2010 pg. 123
New York Times Book Review 06/20/2010 pg. 13
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 11
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average
BookPage 05/01/2010

About the Author
Loree Griffin Burns, Ph.D., was stung five times while researching this book: once by accident and four times while trying to capture an image. She lives, writes, and watches bees in central Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and three children. You can visit her at www.loreeburns.com.

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