With fourteen funny, fact-filled poems and paintings, Douglas Florian explores the natural history of some of the world's most unloved critters: bees. The poems detail the unexpected wonders of these busy, buzzy bugs' lifestyles, families, and communities, revealing them to be a totally cool--and totally important--part of our ecosystem.

Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed picture books including How to Draw a Dragon, UnBEElievables, Poetrees, and Dinothesaurus. He lives with his family in New York.