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Clan Apis [Paperback]

Jay Hosler
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)


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Gr. 5-7. The life cycle and natural environment of the honeybee become grist for an entomologist who is both cartoonist and storyteller. Opening with a creation myth ("Once upon a long, long time ago") and working through the biological, sociological, and ecological changes affecting the life of Nyuki the bee, the text is a combination of authoritative science; appealing, detailed black-and-white drawings; and dialogue replete with humor, pubescent angst, political sloganeering, and more. Nyuki's colony undertakes migration to a new hive, is beset by a woodpecker, and hibernates through a winter that yields to a revitalizing spring. The bees are nicely individualized, as are the plants and other insects that figure into their lives, and there are a number of clever touches. All in all, this is the sort of science book that even devoted fiction and comics readers will enjoy. Francisca Goldsmith
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 158 pages
  • Publisher: Active Synapse; 2 edition (January 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 096772550X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0967725505
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 9.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dr. Hosler loves inverts, and mostly, bees. Brock "The Yellow Dart"  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
I read it to him last week and tonight he was still asking me questions about it. Lawrence Kesteloot  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I laughed.... I cried..... I fell in love.... October 24, 2003
Format:Paperback
I have got to come up with a better sell on this book than........it's a graphic novel........about bees.

You follow our heroine through her amazing development as an organism, and as a person. (ahem, sorry..a bee) The plot twists, turns, does loop-de-loops. The characters mature and show a surprising depth of emotion. Each bee is unique in appearance and deed, without being "cartoony"....they could be illustrations in a textbook as far as authenticity goes....and yet they show emotions.

There are points where you'll laugh, and points where you'll cry, and at times you'll want to cheer out loud. (I did)

What an amazing book. You are totally entertained, and yes you also learn something...but for me that was a distant second.

Waaaaayyyyy cool.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hey, don't categorize this as "just" a kids' book! October 23, 2003
Format:Paperback
The first duty of a graphic novel, obviously, is to entertain. Hosler, who has a Ph.D. and specializes in neuroscience and bees, not tells a really good story about life and personalities in the hive, and is a very talented artist besides, he also manages to cram in a great deal of educational information. Icing on the cake. He starts with the birth and transformation from larva to pupa to adult of Nyuki (Japanese for "bee"), a worker who often annoys her colleague, even her older sister, Dvorah (Hebrew for "bee," etc.). She gets lost, is almost eaten, befriends a flower named Bloomington and a dung beetle named Sisyphus, finally gets her act together (though she has to be coaxed to leave the hive again for the dangers of the outside world), and goes on to better things -- as well as a rather poetic end. The anthropomorphization is actually pretty minor, all things considered. And there's an interesting postscript about what happened when the author turned out to be allergic to bee stings. I don't know if Hosler has another insect adventure in him, but I'll be on the look-out.
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Jay Hosler's Clan Apis is a rather brilliantly executed graphic novel format presentation of life in the beehive. Accurate, informative, totally engaging, the biology and life cycle of the bee is laid out with an anthropomorphic storytelling that is as fun as it is educational. Clan Apis is highly recommended reading for all ages -- especially for those who thought the life and world of the bee might just have some relevance for we mere humans living in our post-industrial, information age.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars great read for my 8 year old
Our 8 year old loved this book. The comic format is brillantly done. I would recommend for any kid 8-10 who loves science.
Published 6 months ago by Jonathan Colson
5.0 out of 5 stars My 6-year-old son loved it
I was concerned that this book was too educational to keep the attention of my 6-year-old son. There are long sections that explain how the insect world works and I thought the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Lawrence Kesteloot
5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot Recommend Highly Enough!
I'm a huge fan of comics with a point or message, especially those that teach. The problem with most educational comics, though, is that they are long on the education and short... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Michael Edward Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars A Bee's Life...
A wonderful little graphic novel that details the life and misadventures of a honey bee, while simultaneously educating about the life-cycle of these creatures and others. Read more
Published on March 21, 2011 by Samuel McCanna
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book.
Great book on bees and hive life. My dad's a bee keeper, so I got this for him, but couldn't resist reading it myself first. Engaging. Well-written.
Published on February 14, 2011 by R. Fair
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for its perspective on death & life
I rate this book as great as Charlotte's Web for the life lessons it can provide a child on death, and the cycle of living. Very recommended.
Published on August 14, 2010 by Richard A. Hendricks
5.0 out of 5 stars worried it wouldn't be cool, but it is!
I got this for my 8 year boy. He likes to read "Calvin and Hobbes", "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and "Magic Pickle". This he read in a matter of days. It has good humor and science.
Published on January 7, 2010 by Nathan Stephens
5.0 out of 5 stars Superlative! Our only complaint is that there aren't more in this...
Clan apis is the story of the life and times of Nyuki, a worker honey bee that struggles to understand where she fits into the structure, function and expansion of her hive. Read more
Published on August 26, 2009 by Sera Young
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful for all ages
My grown son gave me this book for my birthday a few years ago. I love it and recently purchased another so I can lend it to more than one person at a time! Read more
Published on June 17, 2009 by Betsy K
5.0 out of 5 stars A "honey" of a book
I got my first copy of this book on recommendation of a friend who said the artwork and story were fantastic. Read more
Published on April 9, 2009 by L. Seabolt
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