The Himalayan Honeybee

by Kuang, Haiou; Li, Sijia; Liu, Fudong; Zhu, Xiaobo; Yu, Luyao

• ISBN13: 9781487810818
• ISBN10: 1487810814
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-06-01
• Publisher: Royal Collins Publishing Company

Summary

The SEE Noah’ s Ark Biodiversity Conservation Book Series consists of five short-story picture books on endangered animal species in Southwest China. Each volume focuses on a different animal, following the path of a particular creature on its quest for survival. The series is part of the Southwest Project Center of the Alashan Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE), one of the first NGOs set up in China, back in 2004. The stories are based on the real-life experiences of front-line rangers and locals in Southwest China, and can be fun and educational for young readers.

This volume follows the journey of a young Himalayan honeybee – Little Ya. Little Ya is a worker bee in a large bee hive which is soon upended by human activity, creating a great disturbance . . . Will the problem be solved? The Himalayan honeybee tends to be found in mountainous regions in northwest Yunnan Province.

Author Biography

Kuang Haiou is the director of the Institute of Apicultural Research at the Yunnan Agricultural University. His major research interests are bee behavior study, bee machine science, bee breeding and management, bee culturology study, etc. Li Sijia, born in the 1990s, is an experienced illustrator who graduated from the visual communication department of Yunnan Arts University. She has worked as an illustrator in the Kunming Zuodao Enterprise Marketing Strategy Co., Ltd. Liu Fudong, born in the 1990s, is an experienced illustrator who graduated from the product design department of Yunnan Arts University. Zhu Xiaobo majored in apiculture studies at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. His work includes the technical training of beekeeping and endangered medicinal plant breeding. Yu Luyao is a staff member at the SEE Conservation Project Center. He studied biotechnology and joined SEE in 2016, working in biodiversity conservation in Southwest China.