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OMFG, Bees!: Bees Are So Amazing and You’re About To Find Out Why

by Matt Kracht
Chronicle. Mar. 2023. 128p. ISBN 9781797219905. pap. $15.95. REF
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The energy of artist and author Kracht (Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America) pours from these pages, with text and illustrations enhanced by arrows, underlining, and circled words. While often employing bold turns of phrase (northern giant hornets are “murdering bastards”), there is solid science here too, such as Kracht’s descriptions of the seven classes of bees. Bee jobs (worker; drone), bee smarts, cool bees, and a list of “Bees I’d Like To Hang Out With” are all here as well, delivered with plenty of swearing and a boatload of exclamation points. Final chapters cover the environmental benefits of bees, bee-friendly flowers, and how to support a healthy bee ecosystem.
VERDICT Playful watercolors and bee-enhanced modifications to classic art add to the humorous text.
Reviewed by Maggie Knapp , Oct 01, 2023
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