Honeybee

<b>Take to the sky with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life! Now available in paperback.</b><br><br>An Orbis Pictus Honor Book<br>Selected for the Texas Bluebonnnet Master List<br>Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books <br>A Bulletin of the Center for Children''s Books Blue Ribbon Book<br><br>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! <br><br>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. <br><br>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