You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Bees!

by Alex Woolf, David Antram (Illustrations), David Salariya

What would happen if there were no bees in this world? It would be a disaster! This series takes readers (Ages 8-12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full-color cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers.Without bees, we would, of course, have no honey. But we'd also lose a lot of other foods and useful products like cotton produced by plants that bees pollinate. Around half the fruit and vegetables in our supermarkets would disappear! Not only that, we would also lose the animals that eat these plants, and the animals that eat those animals! Some people are scared of bees, but there's rarely any need to be. Bees will sting in self-defence, but usually they don't disturb humans. Yet we need them. As far as important species are concerned, bees are at the top of the list - you really wouldn't want to live without them!

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Science, Education, Picture Books, Animals

32 pages, Library Binding

Published September 1, 2016

About the author

Alex Woolf is a prolific, award-winning author of books for adults and children. In his non-fiction he has written on subjects as diverse as sharks, robots, asteroids, flying reptiles and chocolate. His novels span a range of genres, including crime, mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, steampunk and horror.

Alex is a regular author for Fiction Express, online publishers of interactive stories for schools. Fiction Express is read by more than 150,000 students from 20 countries. Two of his stories have won reader awards. In 2021, he won the prestigious ASE award for his non-fiction book Think Like a Scientist. His horror novel, Soul Shadows, was shortlisted for the Falkirk Red Book Award. Bestselling crime author Peter James described his novel Aldo Moon as “a real delight, witty, ghostly and at times deliciously ghastly”.

Reviews

[Cynthia Daniels · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a compendium of knowledge about the lowly honeybee. Reading it will make you realize that honeybees are not lowly at all. It tells of the bee's anatomy and how they are fit for gathering pollen and making honey. It tells that bees are related to wasps, and that bees are hardworking, organized and very intelligent. Humans have been keeping bees for thousands of years, but honey found in Egyptian tombs never spoiled and was still edible thousands of years later. Included in the text is info about multiple kinds of bees as well, what bees do in the hive and why bees are likely to swarm. The production of honey and the jobs of beekeepers is also delineated. Bees are becoming more and more endangered and if they become extinct, several flowers and plants will cease to exist. This book contains a glossary and an index, explanation of the Honeybee's talents, The Bee Dance and interesting facts to know. Well done treatise on honeybees! I learned a ton of information I never knew!

[Jessica Simmons · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such an informative book about bees! I didn't know a lot of things about bees that this book said! It would be a good book to teach students about bees!

[Ms. Tongate, TLC Librarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent resource on the importance of bees.

[Caleb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lot of facts

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't know some of these facts about bees. Very interesting book. Love this series.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything you ever wanted to know about bees and probably more. Protect the bees!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it

Great book, I love that it give a lot of stuff I didn’t know before like that there are some many types of bees

[Nolan Brendel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it because it talked about the mysteries of bees and what they’re used for.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect for children to learn about bees.

[Koravat(Ing) Vidhayapat · Rating 5 out of 5]

B

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

We've read many of the books in the You Wouldn't Want To... series. I like that they tackle serious scientific topics in a somewhat humorous and tongue-in-cheek way.

The book explains what life is like for a bee, how honey is made and environmental challenges bee colonies face. We really enjoyed reading this book together and will look for more of the books in this series at our local library.