Resources
Barton, Bethany. Give Bees a Chance, Puffin Books, Reprint edition, July 2, 2019
Benyus, Janine M. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. New York, NY: Perennial, 2009. This book gives information about bees in a fun way, as well as dispelling fears of bees. The graphics are useful for teaching visual literacy.
Buchmann, Stephen. Letters From the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind. Paw Prints, 2008. The author is an amateur beekeeper and founder of The Bee Works, an environmental company.
Burns, Alex. Beekeeping for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden, Using Top Bar Hives, Langstroth Hive, and Warre Hive. Caring for Your ... and Thriving Beehive. Buzzing with Success!, Independent Publisher, May 1, 2023. Many tips and practical advice for both in both an urban and country landscape.
Connecticut Beekeepers Association. https://www.ctbees.org/. This website offers a forum for beekeepers in Connecticut to share information and ideas.
EPA. https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/colony-collapse-disorder. Comprehensive presentation of the disorder, its consequences, and what is being done to support bee health.
“How You Can Help Save the Bees, One Hive at a Time | Noah Wilson-Rich.” YouTube, April 10, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlFsUeYzezk.
Jackson, Tom. Bees: Heroes of the Garden, Amber Books, July 6, 2021. Extensive collection of photographs explaining how bees live and function communally.
Johnson, Renée. Honeybee colony collapse disorder § (2010). https://cursa.ihmc.us/rid=1JJM69DXL-27XB9CC-12CF/bees.pdf.
Jukes, Helen. A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022. The author combined factual honeybee information along with her personal story of first-time beekeeping.
Just Bee Honey. “What Would Happen If Bees Became Extinct?” Just Bee Honey, February 12, 2021. https://justbeehoney.co.uk/blogs/just-bee-honey-blog/what-would-happen-if-all-bees-died.
Klein, Simon and Andrew Barron. “Ten Years after the Crisis, What Is Happening to the World’s Bees?” The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/ten-years-after-the-crisis-what-is-happening-to-the-worlds-bees-77164.
Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005. The book's intent is to illustrate the impacts of too little time spent in nature and what to do to get more nature in kids' lives and make inner cities more accommodating to natural activities.
MacDonald, Rebecca and James MacDonald. I Am a Bee: A Book About Bees for Kids (I Am Learning: Educational Series for Kids), House of Lore Publishing, October 15, 2019. The writing is simple with plenty of information and illustrations that are descriptive in themselves.
Micucci, Charles. The Life and Times of the Honeybee. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Easy enough for kindergarteners to understand with beautiful pictures.
“Protecting Bees, Building Habitat, and Strengthening Communities Together,” The Bee Conservancy, February 28, 2023. https://thebeeconservancy.org. A nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting bees.
“More than Honey - Official Film Website.” http://morethanhoneyfilm.com/.
Rodgers, Paul. “Einstein and the Bees. Should You Worry?” Forbes, May 28, 2015. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulrodgers/2014/09/09/einstein-and-the-bees-should-you-worry/.
Seeley, Thomas. The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honeybee in the Wild, Thomas Seeley, Princeton University Press, May 28, 2019. The author, a world authority on honeybees, sheds light on why wild honeybees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis.
Shah, Anup. “Why Is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares?” Global Issues. https://www.globalissues.org/article/170/why-is-biodiversity-important-who-cares.
Tautz, Jürgen. The Buzz About Bees: Biology of a Superorganism. Berlin: Springer, 2011.
Woolley-Barker, Tamsin. The Biomimicry Manual: What Can the Honeybee Teach a Designer?, Inhabitat. https://inhabitat.com/the-biomimicry-manual-what-can-the-honeybee-teach-designers-about-insulation-elasticity-and-flight/.
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