The Way of the Hive: A Honey Bee's Story

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A wonderful graphic novel.Neil Gaiman

Experience the life of a honeybee in this coming-of-age story about a bee named Nyuki, in this full-color graphic novel by Jay Hosler, perfect for curious kids who are fans of the Science Comics series.

Nyuki is a brand-new honeybeeand she has a lot of questions. Like:

• When does a bee go through metamorphosis
• Why does a queen bee sometimes leave her hive
• And where does all this honeycome from, anyway!

But Nyukis biggest question is, What is this inner voice I hear, and why does it tell me to go forth to adventure

Follow Nyuki on a lifelong journey as she annoys her sisters, avoids predators, and learns to trust her inner voice as she masters the way of the hive.

And if you still have questions atthe end, the back of the book uncovers even more mysteries about the lives of these incredible insects!

• Junior Library Guild Selection
• Kirkus Reviews Best Books
• Evanston Public Library's Blueberry List
• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award nomination

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A truly lovely coming-of-age tale buzzing with bee facts, this is a honey pot for budding entomologists, naturalists, and scientists of all variety. Booklist Graphic novel fans, lovers of nonfiction, budding ecologists, and readers looking for their next great obsession will be buzzing around this title for years to come. Kirkus Reviews(starred review)

Author Bio

Jay Holser has been a biology professor at Juniata College since 2000. He is currently the Chair of the Biology Department and hold the David K. Goodman, Jr. '74 Endowed Chair in Biology Juniata College. He has received several awards for teaching and earned a grant from the National Science Foundation to create a comic book textbook called Optical Allusions for his Sensory Biology class.