I was going to fill this review with bee puns, but The Swarm is such thoroughly predictable creature-feature horror fare that it doesn't really warrant that much effort. So here are some bee jokes from the internet instead.

What's a bee's favourite American novel?
The Great Gats-bee!

Where did Noah keep his bees?
In archives!

What's the best part of a bee?
Its knees!

Where do bees go on holiday?
Stingapore!

What goes zzub, zzub?
A bee flying backwards!

Why do bees hum?
They don't know the words!

And that old classic…

Knock knock.
Who's there?
The interrupting bee.
The interrup—
Buzzzzzz

I thank you. ( )

I was going to fill this review with bee puns, but The Swarm is such thoroughly predictable creature-feature horror fare that it doesn't really warrant that much effort. So here are some bee jokes from the internet instead.

What's a bee's favourite American novel?
The Great Gats-bee!

Where did Noah keep his bees?
In archives!

What's the best part of a bee?
Its knees!

Where do bees go on holiday?
Stingapore!

What goes zzub, zzub?
A bee flying backwards!

Why do bees hum?
They don't know the words!

And that old classic…

Knock knock.
Who's there?
The interrupting bee.
The interrup—
Buzzzzzz

I thank you. ( )

Maryland, USA, 1974
Indeholder kapitlerne "I. The African queens", " 1. A picnic", " 2. The National Academy", " 3. The beekeeper", " 4. The Entomological Association", " 5. Maryville", " 6. The mimic", "II. The swarm", " 7. Encounters", " 8. Identification", " 9. The swarm", "III. Detrick", " 10. Battle plan", " 11. Spread", " 12. The bee factory", " 13. Toxicity", " 14. Ethogram", " 15. Pressure", " 16. The 'cocktail'", " 17. A casualty at Detrick", " 18. The enemy grows", "4. The battle of the bees", " 19. The WASPs", " 20. Deathwatch", " 21. Crack-up", " 22. Effects", " 23. Before the battle", " 24. The battle of New York", "Epilogue", "Glossary".

Nær byen Mariviller bliver en lille familie på skovtur overfaldet af en bisværm. Forældrene William og Mary Peterson dør af stikkene, mens børnene Karen, Tim og Randy bare bliver stukket slemt. . John Wood på 35 er "environmental biologist" og arbejder på at begrænse invasive arters fremmarch. Hans chef på 52, Sheldon (kaldet Shelly) Hubbard, tror ikke på at det var afrikanske dræberbier, der var involveret i Maryville. På en konference møder Wood en sød ung brazilianer på 28, Maria Teresa de Moura Amaral. De tiltrækkes af hinanden og ender i seng sammen. Næste dag tager de sig en lille udflugt til Maryville. En anden insektforsker har fundet ud af at nogle græshopper tåler DDT og endda kan bruge det mod deres fjender. En biavler Henry David opdager at hans bier giver stort udbytte, men også er blevet tilbøjelige til at sværme og stikke af. Og så er de mere agressive. Wood får en ide om at nogle af bierne producerer en slags nervegift og det stemmer lidt for godt med at Karen dør pludseligt og at statistikken synes at skjule en række dødsfald af samme slags.
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De skræmmende beretninger om dræberbier er ikke så skræmmende på 50 års afstand. Standardthriller med en trussel, som de gode videnskabsfolk nedkæmper lige inden jordens undergang er nær. ( )

This was a good suspenseful book about killer bees and the efforts of a team of scientists to stop them. ( )

Family attacked by bees - two killed
Maryville, NY Sept 26 (AP) - A family of five on an outing in an isolated spot by a stream were attacked by bees here.
Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson died as a result of bee bites. Their three children were also attacked, one, Karen, age 12, severely. What caused the bees to attack is not known.

This was the beginning, barely noticed, only a few scientists felt the first stirrings of terror. But then the death toll began to mount - and terror erupted into national panic as great swarms of savage bees, deadly killers, blotted out the sun in their spread across the country.
Now, with the Empire State Building black with bees, a crack team of scientists race desperately against time to fight an enemy they only partly comprehend...