Zombees

Everyone agrees that the zombees have saved mankind.

Bees were dying out due to a mystery virus and as a result the world was facing a massive food shortage. 70% of the food we eat is pollinated by bees.

There were already shortages. Thousands died in the the third world. Lancashire was particularly badly hit.

Scientists had given up trying to find a cure for the virus, but then they come up with something even better. A method of resurrecting dead bees. Millions of zombees are created from hives of the dead bees every day, soon the zombees will outnumber the living ones.

Critics say that resurrected bees are still dead, that they're like a biological mechanoid, with artificial mechanical hearts powered by microchips. Zombees have no soul they say.

Nobody listens to these idiots, of course. Whoever heard of a bee with soul? Zombees are in many ways better than living bees - they live for ever, and their honey's to die for.

The only thing you have to watch out for is their sting. It's much more dangerous than normal bees'.

My brother nearly died after a zombee stung him. In fact he was declared clinically dead for nearly an hour, before his heart started beating again.

He's fine now though, pretty much. He did froth at the mouth and bite me at breakfast this morning, but that's a common reaction to zombee stings, nothing to worry about.

And my fever is a perfectly common reaction to being bitten by a zombee sting victim. The hospitals are full of us apparently. My chances are very good, though, less than 40% of people die from being bitten.

It's a risk well worth taking. After all, zombees are mankind's saviours. Hurrah for the zombees.