Novel of Norwegian Maya Лунде is the antiutopia crossed with a domestic saga.1852th, England. The Amateur-naturalist William Сэведж, burdened by long family and money difficulties, falls in depression, because gave up the dream of the youth - engaging in science. Coming up from heartfelt quagmire, he decides to invent a new beehive that will glorify his name and will give sufficiency to his family. 2007th, America. Hereditary bee-keeper George Сэведж dreams that his business will be continued by a son, but at that other plans. In the conflict of son and father unexpectedly another tragedy interferes quite, where greater scale, than domestic discord. 2098th, China. Тао pollinates fruit trees. Bees a long ago disappeared from the face of planet, as well as other insects. Earth was covered by hunger. The role of pollenizers is carried out by numberless thousand replacing bees people. Predictable life of Тао and her families is blown up by a hoodoo after that some secret costs. "History of bees is a novel about irreversible changes, that a man brings in the surrounding world. But a no less important theme is relations of parents and children, connection of people on a microlevel. That does move a man in his aspiration to change the world? An answer is simple: caring about children. We are similar to the bees, that collect pollen exceptionally for posterity. Only people, unlike bees, are disconnected and can not limit itself. And maybe, once our aspiring to the best will appear fatal. Novel of Maya Лунде about the place of man in the universe and fragility of balance of our civilization - one of the brightest books in Norwegian literature, collecting the great number of bonuses.