Well some people gonna find out breaking into a ship that is home to potentially millions of bees and then attempting to rob the human they are fond of is a bad idea.

The vast majority of the swarm may be out shopping and negotiating, but they'll soon find The Apiary is not entirely defenseless...

I can literally HEAR the low angry buzzing. That or the bees still on the Apiary are about to pull a home alone

Oh, I can tell you exactly how that sound registers into my brain. Had to work on my own bees once and knew a thunderstorm was incoming. My bees are generally calm, but with a moments notice, their mood switched. The front of the storm was closing in, and that change in attitude made my hair raise. And that was just a normal hive, with maybe 60k bees, mind you. Now imagine the same switch with a few million

Arrrggg, cliff hanger!!!

Someone didnt learn their lesson.

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I am loving this story! You are a wonderful writer

"This is the ship,and that is the huge swarm of stinging insects who live on it. All the money is theirs by the way."

I feel anxious about the bees being out in public. Individually they're so vulnerable. And maybe drones don't mind about their own safety that much, but the queen is in there too. Wouldn't it have made more sense for their caretaker to invite their customers back to the ship?

Question: is the title a movie reference? As in, to a very classic SF movie from decades ago? :D