Burlington Public Library

Best friends Ant and Honey Bee, who think of themselves as quite a pair, become matching home appliances on Halloween.

Illustrations and rhyming text follow endangered honeybees through the year as they forage for pollen and nectar, communicate with others at their hive, and make honey.

"Shy, skittish Rose Christner is more comfortable tending to the beehives on the family farm and keeping her aunt s unruly cats in line than attending social gatherings with the rest of the "die youngie." A childhood trauma and secret shame keep her heart under lock and key, and Rose just can t accept the sweet attention she s receiving from a handsome neighbor. But the more she shies away from Josiah Yoder, the more their families sneakily plot to...

"Nyuki is a brand-new honeybee; and she has a lot of questions. Like When does a bee go through metamorphosis? Why does a queen bee sometimes leave her hive? And where does all this honey come from, anyway? Follow Nyuki on a lifelong journey as she annoys her sisters, avoids predators, and learns to trust her inner voice as she masters the way of the hive"--

It's cold outside and time for bugs to hunker down for the winter, but Ant isn't ready to be all by herself for months on end without her best friend, Honey Bee, so she braves the cold for one last surprise visit before the snow flies.

George and his friend Steve eat all of the honeycomb Betsy was going to use for her report on bees, so they build a beehive to make more.

"There's a mystery in the meadow! A young honeybee named Sting is lost. Where is her hive? Twinkle and her butterfly friends are determined to help their buzzing buddy get home -- but how?"

Ant and Honey Bee try to come up with original outfits for a costume party and almost experience disaster.

Illustrations and rhyming text follow endangered honeybees through the year as they forage for pollen and nectar, communicate with others at their hive, and make honey.