Honeybee: The Busy Life of APIs Mellifera

Take to the sky with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life

A tiny honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell. Driven to protect and take care of her hive, she cleans the nursery and feeds the larvae and the queen. But is she strong enough to fly? Not yet

Apis builds wax comb to store honey, and transfers pollen from other bees into the storage. She defends the hive from invaders. And finally, she begins her new life as an adventurer.

The confining walls of the hive fall away as Apis takes to the air, finally free, in a brilliant double-gatefold illustration where the clear blue sky is full of promise-- and the wings of dozens of honeybees, heading out in search of nectar to bring back to the hive.

Eric Rohmann's exquisitely detailed illustrations bring the great outdoors into your hands in this poetically written tribute to the hardworking honeybee. Award-winning author Candace Fleming describes the life cycle of the honeybee in accessible, beautiful language. Similar in form and concept to the Sibert and Orbis Pictus award book Giant Squid, Honeybee also features a stunning gatefold and an essay on the plight of honeybees.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Published: 02/04/2020
ISBN: 9780823442850
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.70h x 9.80w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019 pg. 204
Publishers Weekly 12/09/2019
School Library Journal 01/01/2020 pg. 88
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2020 - Book Of Special Distinction
Booklist 02/01/2020 pg. 35
Shelf Awareness 02/04/2020
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2020 pg. 101