A simple text effectively uses high energy and a sense of drama to describe the work of honeybees. When a bee on patrol finds the “honeybee gold mine” of a prairie in bloom, he returns to the hive to tell the other bees where to go. Through an interpretive dance, diagrammed in the book, the bee communicates the location of and distance to the field of flowers. After collecting nectar and pollen, the forager bees deliver their bounty back to the hive at the day’s end. Bold cut-paper collage illustrations with pastel pencil details bring the small details of a bee’s world into clear view. A final page supplements the main text with a more detailed description of honeybee communication. (Ages 3–7)

In Bee Dance, follow a foraging honeybee as she searches for food and returns to the hive to share the news in a honeybee dance!

A honeybee searches for nectar, then returns to the hive to tell the other bees. She does a waggle dance, moving in a special figure-eight pattern to share the location of the foodsource with her hivemates. With vivid and active images, Rick Chrustowski brings these amazing bees to life!