barry b benson just graduated and now faces only one career choice making honey for the rest of his life seeking adventure barry decides to leave the hive and explore the real world of new york city the other bees warn him it isnt safe in the human world but barry isnt worried after all how much chaos can one tiny bee cause arriving in london with a fivepound note stella decides to paint a hundred pictures but life often gets in the way as she moves from one address and disaster to another and complications multiply with an everchanging group of friends