Apoidea... When the bees were wiped out, famine and war threatened and mankind faced the abyss. But then came salvation, in the form of the cyber bee. Fully functional, fully capable of replacing its extinct predecessor. Humanity would survive. But suddenly, the bees are not behaving the way they should. Something is wrong... Apoidea... A fast paced, intelligent and frighteningly contemporary science fiction thriller from Douglas Thompson, author of Ultrameta and Sylvow. Praise for Douglas Thompson... ""Thompson writes with the assurance of someone completely in control of his material..."" Pete Tennant, Black Static magazine ""Thompson uses the tropes of the fantastic in unique and compelling ways while at the same time creating vivid and fully realized protagonists..."" Mike O'Driscoll, The Fix Online ""Thompson has certainly shown he is a name to watch."" Ian Sales, Interzone Magazine