The Contented Bee

Author: Organic Gardener Magazine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780733339387
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
All the buzz on keeping backyard bees - an informative and inspirational handbook full of advice and stories from experts and enthusiasts by the team behind the bestselling Contented Chook. With bees worldwide in deadly peril, Australians are keen to lend a helping hand. Keeping a hive or three has become a popular lifestyle trend - and it's more achievable than you might think. Whether you're in the inner city, suburbs or on acreage, keeping bees can be easy, low-fuss and fun for the whole family to get involved in - imagine bottling your very own honey! This lively guide features inspirational experiences and gorgeous photos from scores of enthusiasts across Australia who have sweetened their lives by keeping bees. Practical chapters by a range of experts give the low-down on getting started, caring for your bees, harvesting your honey and wax (with recipes), troubleshooting, what to plant to help out your little workers, and great information on the popular option of keeping native stingless bees. The Contented Bee will inspire you to help out the bees - and enrich your own life, too!

The Bee Book

Author: Charlotte Milner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465476210
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Discover more about our fuzzy little insect friends with award-winning author and illustrator Charlotte Milner. The perfect introduction to bee conservation for little ones. Learn all about the beautiful world of bees and their adventure from flower to flower. You'll find out just how much they matter, why they are declining, and what we can do to help in this adorable kids' ebook. Bees are brilliant at building, super social creatures and along with other insects, are responsible for a third of every mouthful of food you eat! Children will be fascinated by the beautiful pictures and learn plenty of buzz-worthy fun facts in every chapter, covering types of bees, beehives, beekeeping, how they pollinate plants and make honey. A beautiful kid’s educational ebook about bees with a crucial message: not only does it inform and educate about an issue that is a real threat, but it also delivers it in a way that is gripping for all ages. A dazzling celebration of bees, packaged in a gorgeous ebook with spectacular illustrations. What’s The Buzz About Honey Bees? Meet the humble honeybee face-to-face - an animal that is considered nature's hardest worker, in this engaging, educational kids’ ebook that you can treasure forever. What do they do all day? Why are bees important? Find out why they need our help and what you can do. Bees are responsible for so much more than making honey. This ebook is an essential tool in encouraging the protection of our precious buzzing friends for generations to come. Learn all about these valuable creatures: - What happens in the hive - What pollination is - Who the queen is - How honeybees talk to each other - How we can help them and much, much more! This adorable book is one of three children's books on conservation by award-winning author Charlotte Milner and includes The Sea Book and The Bat Book for your little ones to enjoy.

The Bee Friendly Garden

Author: Doug Purdie
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1952534704
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 499

Book Description
Bees are our most important pollinators and they are in decline the world over. They love to live in urban environments, where it's a short flight path from one type of plant to the next. But conventional gardens that favour lawns and pesticides over flowers and edible plants are scaring the good bugs away. The Bee Friendly Garden is a guide for all gardeners great and small to encouraging bees and other good bugs to your green space. Includes: - How bees forage and why your garden needs them - A comprehensive plant guide to bee friendly plants - Simple changes anybody can make - Ideas for gardens of all sizes - Natural pest control and companion planting advice

The Bee Book

Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465454527
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
The Bee Book shows you step-by-step how to create a bee-friendly garden, get started in beekeeping, and harness the power of honey for well-being. Fully illustrated with full-color photographs throughout, this beautiful guide covers everything you need to know to start your own backyard hive, from setup to harvest. Practical beekeeping techniques are explained with clear step-by-step sequences, photos, and diagrams so you'll be prepared to establish your own colony, deal with diseases, collect a swarm, and much more. A comprehensive gardening chapter features planting plans to fill container and border gardens, bee "hotel" and habitat projects, and an at-a-glance flower gallery of bees' favorite plants. The Bee Book also shows you how to harvest honey, beeswax, and propolis from the hive and use these ingredients in 38 recipes for home remedies, beauty treatments, and candle-making. Discover the wonder of bees in nature, in your garden, and in the hive with The Bee Book.

Our Native Bees

Author: Paige Embry
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604697695
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
A New York Times 2018 Holiday Gift Selection Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America’s native bees—an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies—is just as crucial. Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Our Native Bees explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture. The people and stories are compelling: Paige Embry goes on a bee hunt with the world expert on the likely extinct Franklin’s bumble bee, raises blue orchard bees in her refrigerator, and learns about an organization that turns the out-of-play areas in golf courses into pollinator habitats. Our Native Bees is a fascinating, must-read for fans of natural history and science and anyone curious about bees.

The Big Book of Happy

Author: Natalie Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760066895
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
These playful large board books from Natalie Marshall are sure to bring a smile to every readers' face. Colourful, cheeky, and filled with delightful characters, these books are perfect for sharing. Large board format sturdy enough to survive hard knocks from little readers. Bright and colourful illustrations will engage young readers and provide a good starting point for further exploration of all things 'happy' and 'silly'. A great early learning resource. Natalie Marshall is a successful illustrator with over 50 published titles. She is based in Melbourne but her titles are published world-wide.

Finding Home

Author: Brannen Basham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737273004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Finding Home shows readers an inside look at the lives of six beneficial native creatures through an engaging and educational tale of a mason bee's search for a new home. North America is home to almost 4,000 species of native bees, most of which fly below our radar as they perform indispensable environmental services. Finding Home: A Story of a Mason Bee is an informational realistic fiction, with a focus on science, nature, and conservation written in prose focused on bringing attention to these forgotten creatures. Finding Home: A Story of a Mason bee shows readers the unique lives mason bees lead, and also gives a look at some other common beneficial wildlife. Follow a mason bee as she emerges from her nest to discover her habitat is being destroyed by human development and is propelled into the surrounding landscapes in order to find a place to make a new home. During her search, she comes across various other important wildlife, such as bumble bees, ants, and hummingbirds. Each encounter teaches the mason bee and the reader a little bit about the animals encountered, and the book ends with a glossary of terms including more information about each animal seen in the story.

Don't Worry, Bee Happy

Author: Ross Burach
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781646972968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Moby Shinobi and his dog Toby are excited for a day at the beach! Moby tries to use his ninja skills to build a huge sand castle, catch some fish, and save a leaking sailboat, but each try ends in a mess! But with some help from Toby, Moby discovers that teamwork makes every job easier!

Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book

Author: Britta Teckentrup
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1524715263
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Fans of Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book can fly along with Bee on her very busy day! Through a hole in the book’s cover, a bee is buzzing inside a flower. Peek into this bright and lively book and discover the big ways this little insect contributes to the beauty of the environment, from pollinating colorful flowers to buzzing about the bright and beautiful meadow. With clever peekaboo holes throughout, each page reveals new flowers and plants, plus a look inside a beehive as the bees work together to help a plants grow. Children will love seeing the details of a bee’s active day as each page is turned. Along the way, they’ll learn how bees and plants works together to produce a healthy, beautiful environment. Look for all the books in the Peek-Through Picture Book series: Tree, Bee, Ocean, Moon, and Home.

I Am a Bee

Author: James McDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950553167
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
When the weather turns warm during spring and summer, that's when the fuzzy bees come out of hiding. Learn about the amazing life of a honey bee and discover just how important these tiny creatures are to the many varieties of food people count on.