![]() ![]() Flora loves the queen and is very devoted to her, but in her presence she learns the queen is ill after that, when Flora finds herself able to lay eggs, she is burdened with two terrible secrets, for only the Queen may lay eggs. ![]() Her courage in defeating the most hated of foes allows her an audience with the Queen.ĭuring her time in the Queen’s chambers, Flora learns the history of the hive through a series of six scent-panels, which use sensory memories to communicate the myths surrounding their species. When she is sent back to her own area, she bravely confronts an attacker-a wasp. Since she can produce royal jelly, she is allowed to work in the nursery for a while, until the fertility police’s strict policy on aberrations causes her too much distress to stay near the babies any longer. Flora is allowed to leave her kin and try different parts of the hive, which is almost unheard of. In a place where most bees with deformities or aberrations are disposed of, Flora is spared by Sister Sage, the most powerful bee of the most powerful kin, the priestesses. ![]() However, due to a few evolutionary perks, Flora is larger and more powerful than her kin, and she can speak. The main character is Flora 717, who is born into the lowest caste of bees, the sanitation workers. ![]() However, with a dash of creative storytelling, she magnifies the society into a dystopian nightmare. “The Bees” by Laline Paull is a fascinating look into the most industrious of natural orders, a beehive. ![]()
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