Reviewer Naomi Holcombe discovers an alarming story of a post-apocalyptic world with no flowers, no fruit and almost no bees

Set some 22 years into the future, The Apiary is a play concerned with the destruction of our planet and the dying population of bees. Set in a lab, The Apiary is an alarming story of a post-apocalyptic world with no flowers, no fruit, no honey and almost no bees.
The bees are almost extinct. Lab researchers are trying to boost production in the few hives they have left. When a previous employee dies in the lab, the bees start to feast off her flesh and their population numbers initially increase. This leads to the lab techs starting a gruesome experiment where dying people submit their body to science to try to save the bee population. Suddenly, everyone seems to have developed stage 4 cancer. The researchers are excited at first about finding an apparent breakthrough, and even dream of a time where fruit might be introduced back into society.
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