{"product_id":"the-hive-detectives-chronicle-of-a-honey-bee-catastrophe-9780544003262","title":"The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Loree Griffin Burns\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Clarion Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Clarion Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science \u0026amp; Nature - Zoology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout honey bees the world would be a very different place. There would be no sweet, delicious honey, no beeswax for creams and candles, and--worst of all--barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat. So just imagine beekeeper Dave Hackenburg's horror when, in 2006, he discovered twenty million of his buzzing charges had vanished without a trace. Those missing bees became the first reported casualties of a mysterious scourge that continues to plague honey bee populations today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Hive Detectives\u003c\/em\u003e, Loree Griffin Burns profiles bee wranglers and bee scientists across the country who have been working to understand colony collapse disorder, or CCD: the Hackenburgs, who move their three thousand beehives from coast to coast in order to pollinate crops; Mary Duane, who raises bees and bottles blue ribbon honey; and Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Jeffrey Pettis, Diana Cox-Foster, and Maryann Frazier, who study bees from every possible angle in an attempt to discover what is killing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dramatic and enlightening chronicle of a modern honey bee catastrophe, readers explore the lives of the fuzzy, buzzing insects we ought to love... and join the human quest to protect them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating book from the Scientists in the Field series.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354470473879,"sku":"9780544003262","price":649.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780544003262.webp?v=1767669677","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-hive-detectives-chronicle-of-a-honey-bee-catastrophe-9780544003262","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}