History ComicBook / ClanApis

[[caption-width-right:188:[[IncrediblyLamePun "BEE all you can BEE!"]]]]

* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: [[spoiler:Nyuki's plan for her last foraging. She said she would return with a full load of nectar. She dies laying next to Bloomington and becomes his fertilizer, and by extension, his nectar for next year. Melissa brings her back to the hive in this form.]]

* TheGrimReaper: The Undertaker caste. Their job is to removing the dead and dying from the hive to prevent disease outbreaks. The one that appear [[spoiler:as Dvorah is dying]] is shrouded in shadows.

** Sisyphus the Dung Beetle. In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Sisyphus was a king who damned to constantly roll a stone uphill for all eternity.

* PredatorsAreMean: Despite Sisyphus' spiel about PredationIsNatural, neither of arthropods who try to eat Nyuki are particularly pleasant individuals. The mantis is a ManipulativeBitch, while Thom is a {{Sadist}} who relishes Nyuki's fear.

''Clan Apis'' is a 2000 graphic novel by Jay Hosler. Focusing on the teaching of bees, it tells the story of a young bee name Nyuki and her struggles to make something of herself in the hive. Along the way, she meets several other bugs; some helpful, others hungry. She eventually decides to stay inside the hive, not wanting to die. Soon, however, she comes to learn just what being a bee is all about.

Currently rereleased in full color under the title “Way of the Hive: A Honeybee’s Story”. Compare ''Manga/CrimsonsTheScarletNavigatorsOfTheOcean'', for a similar manga about salmon.

* AnimalReligion: The bees have their creation myth, and possible deities, in the form of the World Flower and primordial Emptiness. They also have a conception of an afterlife.

* PredationIsNatural: Sisyphus the Dung Beetle's philosophy. He outright states saving Nyuki from Thom was an accident and he would have him eat Nyuki if he hadn't knocked her off his flower.

Currently rereleased in full color under the title “Way of the Hive: A Honeybee’s Story”.

%%* VirtuousBees: Nyuki, Dvorah, and most of the hive.

* AnimalTalk: The insect characters are all capable of speaking to each other, regardless of their species. The bees are also capable of communicating with ''flowers''.

* PredatorsAreMean: Despite Sisyphus' spiel about PredationIsNatural, neither of insects who try to eat Nyuki are particularly pleasant individuals. The mantis is a ManipulativeBitch, while Thom is a {{Sadist}} who relishes Nyuki's fear.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Dvorah dies after stinging a woodpecker to protect the hive from it.]]

Currently rereleased in full color under the title “Way of the Hive: a honeybee’s story”.

* AnimalReligion: The bees have their creation myth, and possible deities, in the form of the World Flower and primordial Emptiness.

* AnimalReligion: The bees have their creation myth, and possible deities, in the form of the Great Bloom and primordial Emptiness.

* AnimalReligion: The have their creation myth, and possible deities, in the form of the Great Bloom and primordial Emptiness.

* BittersweetEnding: Nyuki naturally dies at the end, but her body nourishes the flowers and so the CircleOfLife continues.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * BittersweetEnding

* MeaningfulName: "Dvorah" means "Bee" in Hebrew.

* {{Adorkable}}: Nyuki, for most of her life.

* PunnyName: "Dvorah" means "Bee" in Hebrew.
* ShownTheirWork: This is one of the more realistic fictional depictions of a beehive.
* VirtuousBees: Nyuki, Dvorah, and most of the hive.

* VirtousBees: Nyuki, Dvorah, and most of the hive.

* AnimalTalk: The characters are all capable of speaking to each other, regardless of their species.

* TearJerker: Twice, both moments [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] and [[HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]].

* ComingOfAgeStory: For the life of a bee.

* BlackWidow: The Praying Mantis, naturally. She mentions eating her husband.

* AnyoneCanDie: As it aims to be as realistic as possible, this is pretty much a given, seeing how vulnerable and short-lived insects tend to be.

->''But trust me, Nyuki. When this is all over and you crawl out of this little cell, you'll never feel alone again.''

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