The busy world of bees is a great teaching aid and fun too. It explores the natural history of bees from egg through larvae and cocoon.

The special tasks that queens, drones and workers have are explored in detail. Including the life stages of workers, which sees them develop from cleaner, to robber. New ideas, words and natural processes are explained with full colour illustrations.

The use of, and value, of Latin in nature study is demonstrated with a simple example. In addition to honeybees their relatives the bumblebee are described. This section highlights some little...