OMFG, BEES! : Bees Are So Amazing and You’re about to Find Out Why

Are you ready for the ultimate bee book? With lighthearted watercolor and ink drawings, humorous quips, lists, and musings, OMFG, BEES! will show you just how important these esteemed bee-list celebrities really are. (Hint: We can't live without them.) Delving into various bee topics, from distinguishing between bees and not bees (very crucial), to exploring the absolute wonder that is bee behavior (they do a coded dance directing their bee friends to food, for crying out loud!), to divulging the mind-blowing bee-magic behind honey making (within some extremely intricate and precisely constructed hexagonal honeycomb, no big deal), and more, Kracht's ode to bees paints a charming and enthusiastic picture of our favorite pollinators. Bee-autiful full-color illustrations fill these pages that playfully and earnestly examine different kinds of bees, from the honeybee to the teddy bear bee, providing unbelievably cool facts about bees and reasons why they deserve a lot more credit as well as our appreciation and advocacy. Because omfg, BEES!! Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction A Note to Aspiring Copy Editors Regarding the Spelling of Common Bee Names in This Book People Who Don’t Like Bees Bees and Not-Bees What Is a Bee? The Seven Families of Bees Bee Jobs How Do Bees Make Honey? Oh My God, It’s Not All about Honey Let's Talk about Hex Bees Are Smarter Than You Think You’re Pollen My Leg Swarm in Here,or Is It Just Me? Cool Bees Great Paintings, If They Had Put Bees in Them Serious Bee Stuff Give Bees a Chance In Case of Bumblebee Emergency Acknowledgments References Photo Credits General Reference Websites Seventeen Bees I'd like to Hang Out With Favorite Bees in My Garden Right Now List Your Favorite Things about Bees About Author Back Cover