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Follow the life cycle of this devoted and extraordinary worker as she cleans the hive, tends to larvae and the queen, builds wax comb, and guards the hive from invaders - before embarking on her first flight to seek nectar.
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 presents the life cycle of the honeybee in accessible, beautiful language. Honeybee also features a stunning gatefold and an essay on the plight of honeybees.
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bees, conservation, nature, honey, ecosystems, beehive, life cycles, nature, pollination
This informative picture book details the life cycle of honeybees with beautiful illustrations. One morning, a brand-new honeybee squirms out of her wax cell. Apis's first job is to tidy the hive's nursery, but when she reaches three days old, she'll be ready for her next job. Apis nurses the larvae until her eighth day, and then it's tending to the queen. After that, she starts building the comb and, soon after, food handling. On her twenty-fifth day, she leaves the hive in search of pollen. Once the pollen is returned, Apis dances with her fellow honeybees until the next day, when she flies out again. One morning, Apis drops to the ground and stills. But back in the hive, a brand-new honeybee is ready to emerge.
