Review: The importance of bees to our planet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
Author Trinity Jorden used an unusual but effective way to introduce bees to a young reader. The first part of the book is told from the viewpoint of two female worker honey bees named Brenda and Bella, as they develop and learn to do different tasks, such as feeding the larvae that have just hatched from eggs, receiving pollen from their foraging sisters, making wax and building new honeycomb cells, and guarding the hive. Brenda and Bella looked forward to the day when they could fly out and gather pollen and nectar. The second part of the book is an educational look at bees.The book has a number of helpful color photographs of bees at work. The photos are small, but double-tapping enlarges them. Overall, it's a nicely done introduction to bees and their contributions to our environment.