Category: Children Publisher: Author
ISBN-10: 1411616227
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 71
Copyright: May 2004
currently available as a paperback edition or ebook for $9.95
It starts with a frank discussion about the potty habits of bees and ends describing bathroom chambers that ants have designed into their complex underground structures. The pages between are packed with informative and sometimes humorous facts and lore. You will even learn how to locate and capture your own queen ant. The book examines several urban legends associated with insects and separates their true and false claims. For instance did you know that there really is a giant creature called a Camel Spider that American soldiers in Iraq have phitographed? Are any of the fantastic claims about these spider's true? Amateur entomologist, Londis Carpenter, sorts it all out in his book Do Bees Poop In The Honey? This book belongs on the shelf of every ten-year-old and every adult with children or grandchildren who still ask questions.
Soft cover $9.95
eBook downloadable $4.00
Squeezed between its opening paragraph that discusses the potty habits of honeybees and the last page that describes ant homes equipped with indoor bathrooms, this book is packed full of sometimes humorous facts and lore about our insect friends. Not only will you learn answers to almost any question you might have about the secret lives of insects, but you will also learn how to find and capture your own queen ant.
The book examines several urban legends associated with insects separating the true from the false claims of many stories and warnings to the public. For instance did you know that there really is a giant creature called a Camel spider that has been photographed by our soldiers in Iraq? Many creepy stories about this creature have emerged since the war, such as its alleged flesh eating habits and its reported chilling night call that sounds like a human child crying. Ar any of these stories true?
Amateur entomologist, Londis Carpenter, sorts it all out for youin his new book DO BEES POOP IN THE HONEY? The book is generously supplied with photographs and supplies the reader with ample internet addresses to research the topics discussed furthur should you decide to do so.
DO BEES POOP IN THE HONEY? is a book that belongs on the shelf of every 10-year-old and every adult who has children and grandchildren who ask questions.
Excerpt
"Insects employ techniques that antedate by millions of years similar ones developed by man. Insects also entered the field of agriculture far in advance of the time man began cultivation of his food crops. The different ways by which insects employ their super-technology are marvels of science. Certain insects, such as ants and bees developed the ability to navigate or find their way by the sun. they were using this. technique long before man navigated the seas by observing heavenly bodies.
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Reviews for "Do Bees Poop In The Honey?"
Reviewed by Connie Washburn
6/8/2004
Such a catchy, fun title - sounds like it would be so much fun to read!
What would you do if your friend copped off with the man you loved? Wouldn't it break your heart? Abbie is heartbroken when Richard prefers her lovely French pen friend Colette over her.
