Bumblebee queens begin the spring alone, but can create colonies of hundreds throughout the year. Follow one queen as she finds a nest, gathers nectar, lays eggs and tends her colony through spring, summer, and fall.

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GREAT NATURE WRITERS SUCH AS E.O. WILSON AND CHARMING MEMOIRS LIKE GERALD DURRELL'S MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS, THIS FASCINATING BOOK WILL ALTER THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT BUMBLEBEES. Dave Goulson became obsessed with wildlife as a small boy growing up in rural Shropshire, starting with an increasingly exotic menagerie of pets. When his interest turned to the anatomical, there were even some ill-fated experiments with taxidermy....

Follows the life of a queen bee from the time she wakes from winter hibernation until cold weather returns to claim the colony she has built over the warm months.

The girl in this sing-along animal song brings home a bumblebee. But does a buzzy bee really make a good pet?

In autumn, Bumble and Bee are excited to paint pumpkins and help Froggy make a special apple pie; but when the weather turns frosty, Froggy decides to find a quiet place to settle in for the winter unless Bumble and Bee can tempt Froggy into one more adventure.

Chicka chicka 1,2,3: See what happens when 101 numbers race each other up an apple tree, and bad bumble bees come buzzing. Which number will save the day? -- How much is a million?: What does a million really mean? A trillion? Explains the concepts of a million, a billion, and a trillion. -- If you made a million: What's it like to have a million dollars? A guide to various forms of money.

"Discover the wonder of bees and how to protect them for generations to come"--

This guide allows amateur and professional naturalists to identify all 46 bumble bee species found north of Mexico and to understand their ecology and changing geographic distributions.

Introduces anatomy, behavior, and homes of bumblebees.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, life cycle, and behavior of bumblebees.