"You can't believe your eyes. But you can believe the numbers. The Photicular series, with four books published in the last five years, now has 2 million copies in print--and with every new title published the backlist rises to the occasion. After last year's success with Jungle (over 215,000 copies in print in just a few months), here comes Wild -- the book, and the idea, for which the series could have been invented. Wild captures eight endangered...

"Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. Bu tnumbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists alarmed. What's causing the decline? Diseases, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat are all threatening bee...

Introduces the behavior, habitat, and life cycle of honeybees.

James, a red train engine, tries to get rid of a group of bees that are plaguing him.

Introduces Africanized, or killer, bees and why they sometimes attack humans, and tells of some real-life bee attacks.

Jackson loves baseball, but a bee in the outfield causes him to miss a fly ball, and the game is stopped until the bee finally departs.

A long time ago, all bees were just plain black. Then, one cold moring, Spider had an idea. With just a few balls of yarn and a pair of knitting needles, she set to work--and bees were never the same again. Can you guess what she did?

Covers the physical characteristics of honeybees, as well as how they live in colonies, produce honey, and are managed by beekeepers.

There are many benefits to having a bee garden, both personal and global. Not only are bee gardens gorgeous, they are organic, pesticide-free, and ecologically sustainable. For fruit and vegetable gardeners, inviting nature's most productive pollinator into the yard can provide an impressive increase in yields. And finally, bee gardens help fight the much-publicized decline in bee population. In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award-winning garden designer...