{"product_id":"the-hive-detectives-chronicle-of-a-honey-bee-catastrophe-9780544003262","title":"The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoree Griffin Burns, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, was stung five times while researching this book: once by accident and four times while trying to capture the image on page 41. She lives, writes, and watches bees in central Massachusetts. You can visit her at www.loreeburns.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Harasimowicz\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance photojournalist new to nature photography. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and Scientific American. Ellen lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Paul; her work can be seen at www.ellenharasimowicz.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514238210322,"sku":"9780544003262","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3fe9c9f-564c-4ae3-a62c-76eca5b34718.jpg?v=1730976536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hive-detectives-chronicle-of-a-honey-bee-catastrophe-9780544003262","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}