Clan Apis is the biography of a honeybee. It’s educational, as you may guess, however it teaches more than biology facts. Each chapter of the story likewise illustrates a life lesson in addition to being incredibly entertaining. I never believed I might care so much about, or discover so much from, a bee.
The story opens with a bee’s version of the development of the universe, which turns out to be a tale an older bee, Dvorah, is telling Nyuki, a larva, as Nyuki is prepped for metamorphosis. As the story continues, Nyuki grows to maturity, leaves to establish a new hive with Dvorah as well as Queen Hachi, as well as continues discovering throughout her life cycle.
Along the way, Nyuki comes to comprehend the necessity of accepting modification as well as dealing with the future, even if it is scary. The queen teaches her that sometimes it’s necessary to do poor things for a higher good; Dvorah teaches her sometimes it’s necessary to move on. She learns to be patient, take advice from her elders, as well as be leery of the outside world, since not everybody is looking out for her. however with it all, Nyuki overcomes her fears as well as concerns to do what’s right for her buddies as well as her community. She’s a genuine hero.
Jay Hosler normally has a rather cartoony style, however it appears less so when used to insects. (Of course, since we’re looking at them magnified a number of hundred times, I’m not sure I would understand just exactly how much they’re exaggerated.) The ideas are clearly presented, as well as all the insects have their own unique personalities. even when they’re the exact same species, they’re distinguished creatively with size or other characteristics. This is a wonderful all-ages book that couldn’t have been done as effectively in any type of other medium.
Aside from the aspects already mentioned, I truly enjoyed the mentor/student connection between Dvorah as well as Nyuki, in addition to the refusal of the author to sugar-coat the harsher elements of life without going as well far the other method as well as exploiting them gratuitously.
The collected volume likewise includes the author’s killer Bee minicomic, the “mostly true” story of his near-death discovery that he is (ironically) allergic to bee stings. That story can likewise be checked out at the Clan Apis website, which likewise features more background info on the science behind the Clan Apis story.
A 9-page Nyuki story as well as a short function on “How to draw Bees” were included in the Brainbomb anthology, as well as a 4-page bee tale is part of the 1999 SPX Anthology.
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