University Center for the Development of Language and Literacy, in collaboration with the 5th annual Ann Arbor Book Festival, will sponsor a visit by Dr. Stephen Buchmann, a nationally recognized expert on pollination and bee conservation.

He is the author of Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey and Humankind and The Bee Tree, a children’s book. On May 15, Dr. Buchmann delivers a talk titled "Disappearing Honey Bees & Bumble Bees: What's Happening to our Pollinators?"