Bees on the roof

Sam needs to find a seventh-grade science fair project and a way to save the restaurant where his father works.

When he enrolls three friends in an effort to raise bees on a hotel roof in New York City, the complications multiply.

Bee sting allergies, a great bee die-off, a rival team's cheating, a mysteriously reclusive science teacher, and Sam's romantic feelings for a classmate make the bee project anything but simple.

This story includes lots of facts about bees and Colony Collapse Disorder.