{"id":24635,"date":"2021-08-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=24635"},"modified":"2021-10-25T11:16:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T16:16:32","slug":"honeybee-the-busy-life-of-apis-mellifera-new-stuff-tuesdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/24635","title":{"rendered":"Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera (New Stuff Tuesdays)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/honeybee.jpg\" alt=\"Honeybee book cover\" height=\"250\"><\/figure><\/div><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Arrivals shelves are filled with a yummy assortment of children&#8217;s books in all sizes and flavors. &#8216;Tis the season for ordering children&#8217;s award books and since <em>Honeybee<\/em> alighted on the top shelf, I picked her up (gently, of course).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reading this book, which gives a fascinating glimpse into the short and extremely busy life of a honeybee, I realized how little I had known about them. Lavishly illustrated and uber-informative, this book makes me more appreciative than ever of the gooey, nutritious goodness of honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Honeybee<\/em> has won two children&#8217;s book honors: The Robert F. Sibert Medal, awarded to the author or illustrator of the best informational book published in the U.S.; and the Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book for nonfiction writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in a storytime with <em>Honeybee<\/em>, join the Wheeler Library of North Stonington, Connecticut for a reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Read Aloud: Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d5ssgikeoFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Honeybee: The Busy Life of <em>Apis Mellifera<\/em><br>by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann<br><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsin-uww.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01UWI_WW\/187b01d\/alma991015845928502133\">Curr Coll 595.79 Fle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Arrivals shelves are filled with a yummy assortment of children&#8217;s books in all sizes and flavors. &#8216;Tis the season for ordering children&#8217;s award books and since Honeybee alighted on the top shelf, I picked her up (gently, of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/24635\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[761627,1347407],"class_list":["post-24635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-stuff-tuesdays","tag-bees","tag-honey-bee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24635"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24703,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635\/revisions\/24703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}