Clever. A story about authoritarianism and the fight of a single person in changing society; a thinly veiled exploration of racial identity and suppression, I was mesmerised by the depth of the research which must have gone into preparing to explore the lives of the bees - their hive structures, their methods of communication, their social apparatus - with the final exodus forming a gentle reminder of the wider world in which they live. Touches on use of pesticides as well, the “poison rain” of the story. That said, at its core, this is a story about motherhood and love, and it leaves you deeply hopeful about the future of Flora 717’s swarm.