Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Candace Fleming
This account follows one honeybee, Apis, from her emergence as an egg through the end of her 35-day life. Before leaving the hive, she performs a changing sequence of work: cleaning the nursery, caring for larvae, attending the queen, making comb, managing food, and guarding the hive. Later, she flies over flowers to gather nectar. Watercolor illustrations present the bee’s viewpoint inside the hive and on flowers.
This book appears on 5 reading lists across 3 editions from 5 organizations.
