Get up close and personal with Apis, a honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, complete with exquisitely detailed illustrations. Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann describe the life cycle of the hard-working honeybee in this poetically written, thoroughly researched 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. Ages 6 to 9