Every child knows and loves bees! Watching the friendly honey collectors is an immense pleasure. But how do so many of these insects manage to live together in an organized way in a small space? How do they "talk" to each other? How do they find their forage plants and how do they tell other bees where such plants are? How did the perfect partnership between bees and flowering plants come about? What can we do to protect bees? These and many other exciting questions are answered by a team of bee researchers in this volume of the Discover series!

From the contents:

• Welcome to the world of bees
• Typical bee: physique, senses and communication
• The bees' closest relatives
• Division of labor in the beehive
• Bees and flowers: a perfect partnership
• From nectar to honey
• Exciting hobby: beekeeping
• Wild bees: the important relatives of the honey bee
• Reacting correctly to stings

Extra: How you can help bees
Extra: Entertaining bee quiz.