Clan Apis by Jay Hosler, Active Synapse, $15, ISBN 096772550X Reviewed by Jonathan Beard
THIS graphic novel of the life and death of one honeybee crams in insect ecology, sex, predation and behaviour, brilliantly illustrated and accurately explained. Hosler manages to get it all right, except for the utter anonymity of social insect existence. A good choice for a curious child. If your bookshop doesn’t have this, it can be ordered from .
