Why I'm Afraid of Bees

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Why I'm Afraid of Bees
Author	R.L. Stine
Cover artist	Tim Jacobus
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Goosebumps
Genre(s)	Horror fiction, Children's literature
Publisher	Scholastic
Publication date	March 1, 1994
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	117 p.
ISBN	ISBN 0-590-47739-0
Preceded by	One Day At Horrorland
Followed by	Monster Blood II

Why I'm Afraid of Bees is the 17th book in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series.

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Twelve year old Gary Lutz is a wimpy boy who is often bullied by three meanies named Barry, Marv, and Karl. He is afraid of bees, which isn't helped by his unfriendly neighbor, Mr. Andretti, who takes care of some beehives. Gary's favorite hobby, playing an action-adventure computer game, results in his finding a computer bulletin advertising a company where one can switch bodies with another person. Gary tries it and accidentally turns into a bee that has flown into the machine, while his swap-partner Dirk takes over his body and the bee's mind takes over Dirk's body. Gary tries to get his own body back. He tries to get the woman from the comapny to help him but she tells Gary that Dirk wants to keep his body. Gary tries to get Dirk to give him back his body but he still refuses to do it. In a fit of anger, Gary the bee stings Dirk's nose. The force of the sting is enough to get Gary and Dirk and the bee back in their normal bodies. The adventure has changed Gary for the better. He is no longer scared of bees and is now good at sports and the bullies no longer bother him. Gary now likes to suck pollen from flowers.

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He's no ordinary human bee-ing...