02295cam a2200361 4500 888403246 TxAuBib 20210922120000.0 180628s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018030127 9780823442850 0823442853 (OCoLC)1043055885 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF UAP ILC IOU SILO TxAuBib Fleming, Candace, author. Honeybee : the busy life of Apis mellifera / Candace Fleming ; [illustrated by] Eric Rohmann. Busy life of Apis mellifera. First edition. New York : Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House, [2020] 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. Includes bibliographical references (page [43]). "Get up close and personal with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, complete with exquisitely detailed illustrations. Beginning at birth, the honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell and is 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! She builds wax comb to store honey, and transfers pollen from other bees into the storage. She defends the hive from invaders. Apis accomplishes all of this before beginning her life outdoors as an adventurer, seeking nectar to bring back to her hive. Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann describe the life cycle of the hard-working honeybee in this poetically written, thoroughly researched picture book, similar in form and concept to the Sibert and Orbis Pictus award book Giant Squid, complete with stunning gatefold and an essay on the plight of honeybees."-- provided by publisher. Age 6-9. K to Grade 3. 20210922. Junior Library Guild selection. Honeybee Juvenile literature. Honeybee Behavior Juvenile literature. Honeybee Life cycles Juvenile literature. Creative nonfiction. Picture books. Rohmann, Eric, illustrator.