A documentary essay about the life of the small village of Byki in the Kursk region. The fate of this settlement is directly related to the operation of the nuclear power plant, with hopes for the construction of a new unit of the station. The danger of such a neighborhood for the characters of the film is confidence in the future and a reason for optimism. Children, adults, old people are happy to live in this place and do not seek to leave. The author makes an association with a colony of bees and through this association conveys to the viewer the idea of the importance of preserving his small homeland.