Save the Bees

Chapter 2

Adam: Wow. (Pollen Jocks fly into the hive and land.)

Adam: I've never seen them this close.

Barry: They know what it's like to go outside the hive.

Adam: Yeah, but some of them don't come back. (two lady bees wave at the jocks and call out:)
Hey, Jocks! Hi, Jocks! (the pollen is removed from the jocks and collected into storage capsules marked "Nectar", then trucked away. A General flies over to welcome them.)

General: You guys did great! You're monsters! You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!

Y/N: I wonder where those guys have just been.

Adam: I don't know.

Barry: Their day's not planned. Outside the hive, flying who knows where, doing who knows what.

Adam: You can't just decide one day to be a Pollen Jock. You have to be bred for that.

Y/N: Right. (pollen begins drifting down around them) Look at that. That's more pollen than you and I will ever see in a lifetime.

Adam: It's just a status symbol. I think bees make too big a deal out of it.

Barry: Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it and the ladies see you wearing it. (the same two lady bees giggle at being talked about by Barry)

Adam: Those ladies? Aren't they our cousins too?

Y/N: Distant. Distant.

Jackson: Look at these three.

Splitz: Couple of Hive Harrys and a Harriet.

Jackson: Let's have some fun with them.

Lady 1: It must be so dangerous being a Pollen Jock.

Barry: Oh, yeah. One time a bear had me pinned up against a mushroom! He had one paw on my throat, and with the other, he was slapping me back and forth across the face!

Lady 2: Oh, my!

Y/N: He never thought he'd knock him out.

Lady 1: (to Adam) And what were you doing during all of this?

Adam: Obviously, I was trying to alert the authorities.

Barry: I can autograph that if you want.

Jackson: A little gusty out there today, wasn't it, comrades?

Y/N: Yeah. Gusty.

Loki: Yeah, we're gonna hit a sunflower patch about six miles from here tomorrow.

Barry and Y/N: Six miles, huh?

Adam: Barry and Y/N!

Maddie: It's a puddle jump for us, but, uh, maybe you're not up for it.

Barry and Y/N: Maybe we are.

Adam: (quietly:) You 2 are not

Loki: We're going 0900 at J-Gate.

Adam: Woah!

Maddie: What do you think, Berry and Y/N? Are you 2 bee enough?

Berry and Y/N: We might be. It all depends on what 0900 means. (later, back at home that night, Barry and Y/N are on the balcony, looking out at the hive)