The bees
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large Print edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Large Print Fiction
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LP PAULL Lali
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
491 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw but her courage and strength are an asset. She is allowed to feed the newborns in the royal nursery and then to become a forager, flying alone and free to collect pollen. She also finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers mysteries about the hive that are both profound and ominous. But when Flora breaks the most sacred law of all -- daring to challenge the Queen's fertility -- enemies abound, from the fearsome fertility police who enforce the strict social hierarchy to the high priestesses jealously wedded to power. Her deepest instincts to serve and sacrifice are now overshadowed by an even deeper desire, a fierce maternal love that will bring her into conflict with her conscience, her heart, her society -- and lead her to unthinkable deeds.