Creative nonfiction picture book about five friends who help their neighbor look after his backyard beehive, learning how important it is to keep bee populations strong and healthy. Explores bee feeding behavior, pollination, bee colonies, threats to bee populations, and attracting bees in urban areas. Includes glossary and tips for helping bees thrive. "A gentle and engaging look at honeybees and how they live in urban spaces. In this sixth book...

Bees don't just produce honey. Your food supply depends on them. Apiarist Dave Hackenberg's bees have a busy travel schedule, pollinating around the United States from February to July. So when Dave inspected four hundred of his hives and found that the bees had simply vanished, a dream team of bee scientists got to work.