A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One – Hi. Are you a forager too? I’ve never seen you outside.
Two – No, I’m a nurse.
One – Right… That explains it then.
Two – Being a forager must be nice, though. At least you get to see the world.
One – Yes, well… it depends on the weather. Sometimes I’d quite like to stay warm inside the hive as well.
Two – And how’s the pollen harvest going? It’s peak season, isn’t it?
One – Can’t complain. We’re on chestnut at the moment.
Two – Chestnut? I thought it was lavender.
One – So did I, but yesterday morning I woke up and when I went outside, the lavender fields had been replaced by a chestnut forest.
Two – Sometimes I wonder if the hive moves on its own at night.
One – On its own, do you think?
Two – I don’t know…
One – In any case, it’s well organised, this hive. Everyone has their job.
Two – Yes… Do you think there are hives that are less well organised?
One – I don’t know, it’s the only one I know.
Two – Either way, there’ll be plenty of honey again this year.
One – Yes… Listen, I wanted to ask you something, since you’re often inside the hive.
Two – Yes…?
One – Where does all the honey we make actually go?
Two – Why do you ask?
One – I don’t know. We produce kilos of honey, and we’re fed some kind of vile molasses.
Two – I don’t know… It’s like the lavender fields. You wake up one morning and all the honey’s gone. Replaced by molasses…
One – I like honey. I’d quite like to eat some from time to time. Have you ever eaten honey?
Two – No…
One – Sometimes I wonder if we’re being taken for fools…
Two – We…? Who’s we?
One – Well… I don’t really know, that’s just it…
Blackout.
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