I received this arc from Netgalley for an honest review. This is a great picture book for kids about the importance of bees and how we can help them survive.

This sweet little book introduces why bees are so important to our environment with some good back-matter. It is about a young girl on a journey to learn more about the bees in her park.

​Bea’s Bees is a positive story about bees. So often, bees are depicted as scary, flying insects to be avoided or get stung. This book shows that bees are good. They can fly around you while they search for flowers. It explains what bees do with pollen and how they help. Bea is sad when the bees disappear and researches why they went away and how to get them back. In the end that is exactly what occurs.

​I enjoyed this easy to read book. The illustrations are wonderful. Being afraid of bees was never an issue. It was just accepted that Bea was not afraid of them. It is a great book for children who may be frighten or who are first experiencing these insects for themselves. I particularly liked that Bea planted seeds to bring the bees back to the park. As a bonus, the book contains illustrations of flowers and plants that attract bees.


I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

Bees! Cute book about a little girl learning about the importance of Bees in her everyday life. Not only are they her friends, but they are important to our food supply. Great option for little environmentalists and classrooms looking for a highly readable book and lesson.

A very pleasant and attractive book about a girl who loves her local colony of bees and worries when they vanish, but one with an awkward ending. In just having the bees rush back out of a hole in the ground the implied answer is that they would come back anyway – which kind of defeats the purpose of the book. Still, others might read it differently to me, and in that case the simple lesson in how to encourage bees for all our benefits is a more than decent one. Other books rattle through the story and then clunk a load of information on to the end of the entertainment – not so here, as the balance is fine.

Bea has a problem, all the bees in the hollow tree are gone. She starts asking questions to the adults in her life to find out where they have gone. From her science class she knows that bees are necessary for the fruits and vegetables we eat. So she researched what she needed to do to bring them back. She planted all kinds of wildflowers and plants that they like. She did her science fair project on bees and gave all her friends and classmates wildflower seeds. The bees came back with all the new flowers in the neighborhood. At the end of the book it talks more about the importance of bees and what we can do to save them.

Bea is an inquisitive young lady who discovers a bumblebee hive one day after school. When those bees disappear, she begins to ask why and how can she get them to come back. One question led to another, then another, and eventually she learned what bee's need. Using her science fair project as a way to spread what she learned, Bea enlisted the all her friends, and the community, in planting wildflowers in order to attract more bees. The illustrations in the book bring the story to life. It is a lovely story for children that shows the power of asking questions, searching for answers, and the power of individual and communal action.

Bea's Bees
by Katherine Pryor
This is a great story for empowering young children that they can affect and change things in their world. Bea found a hidden treasure a natural wild bee hive, she was enthralled with the bees, But when the colony disappeared she did not stop at that. Bea when and researched and found out what things she could do to save the bees. Bea found out important bees were. And she did something about it. Its an empowering book with great information, and is the how to for young children not only to look into what interests them, but also how they can affect positive change.

What a wonderful story on bees to tell a child. This is the story of Bea a young girl who was facinated by the bees who lived in a tree. One day she goes to the tree and finds the bees are gone. The next day the butterfly is gone. She talks to her teacher and librarian and reads all she can about bees. Bea then decides that only flowers will bring back the bees. So she goes on a campaign to bring back the bees to the tree and her neighborhood. This book tells alot about bees and why we need them. I even learned some things. Illustrations are cute and appealing to the reader. I recommend this book to 3-7 year olds.
I received this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I read this with our 3rd grader who has recently been talking about a lot about bees at school and how important they are to our planet. It was beautifully written and super informative while being very child-friendly. The illustrations are gorgeous and I would highly recommend this for children of all ages.

This is a beautiful little book about the important role that Bees play. I like the fact that this story shows Bea going to her librarian for help and how she uses the books in the library to research bees. In our electronic world, I think is important to also show children the usefulness of the library and the importance of books. The illustrations are amazing and the colors are bright.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Lovely book that teaches how important bees are. I particularly liked the pictures of the plants at the back of the book. I can see this being a resource for primary school teachers

A sweet educational picture book with a great conservation message to give.

Depending on the cover and paper quality etc, this could be lovely story that would sell well.

We will definitely look out for it...

This is a sweet and informative book about Bea, who becomes fascinated with the bees near a hollow oak tree she likes to visit. One day, all the bees are gone and she wonders where they went. She does her research on how important bees are and tries to do her part to help. This is a perfect children's book to teach others that bees are essential to nature and the part they play. Every kid should try to be like Bea and help bees. The illustrations are wonderful as well. It's a great book without feeling too preachy.

Fantastically illustrated and a beautiful, heart warming story to read. My daughter and I love a good bug book, but one that teaches kindness and compassion is two thumbs up for us.