The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
by Loree Griffin Burns and Ellen Harasimowicz • Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2010
Word Count 12,400
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1120L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 136418, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
- Honeybee--Juvenile literature
- Honeybee
- Bee culture
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Agriculture
- Bee culture--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
- Colony collapse disorder of honeybees--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Colony collapse disorder of honeybees
- Bees
- Lists With This Book
- Eco-Reading
- Science and Scientists
- Life Science, 6-12
- Literary Science 2
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Awards & Distinctions 5

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2011
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