When Josy's grandfather dies, he unexpectedly designated his granddaughter in his will as the future owner of the beehive. Josy is quite astonished about this, but wants to keep the beehive by all means. As a big city girl, she knows just enough about bees to know how to open a jar of honey. But the little bees excite her more and more, and for the first time in her life she is on fire for something. However, when a large swarm goes off in the garden on an early summer's day, the family is standing in the middle of a cloud of bees and then the fire brigade arrives, it is clear to Josy's mother: the bees must go! But Josy does not want to give up her bees under any circumstances! This novel vibrates with tension, power of speech and the buzzing of bees.