![]() ![]() ![]() In reality hives are structured places of desperate survival, with the real life facts often hard to believe. ![]() As a beekeeper, I often observe how bees are romanticized when talking with friends and family and fully expected this rosy view to permeate throughout The Bees. This unique novel is told from the perspective Flora 717, one of countless honeybees within a hive. My personal connection with honeybees now established, it should be easy to see why Paull’s inaugural novel would catch my attention. It has been a continual learning process, but we’ve thoroughly enjoyed becoming beekeepers. My husband’s grandfather kept bees until he was into his late 80s and about five years later we picked up the hobby when a swarm randomly made a home in one of Al’s old hives. ![]()
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