Leo Fuchs loses his wife and finds solace in bees. A single bee presses against the glass of his observation hive. He calls her The Looker. Over years, Leo faces failing queens, winter swarms, his daughter June's wedding, and the birth of his granddaughter Miri. The glass cracks and shatters. He fixes it. The Looker stops pressing. Leo learns that the work itself is enough. He builds bookshelves. He raises Miri. He lets go of what he cannot hold. The bees keep working. Life continues. The girl at the glass becomes the looker. The work passes from hand to hand.
