Author Arthur Herzog III who wrote The Swarm died yesterday, 8th June 2010, at the age of 83.

New York Times Tribute to Arthur Herzog III

Steven Cateris has sent us the following link which illustrates that Irwin Allen’s movie The Swarm may have been truer to life than we might have thought!

The bees that ate Wall Street

Discussion on a news item in the Daily Telegraph about flying ants included mention of the classic Michael Caine movie The Swarm this evening.