The Swarm

Brad Crane: [Holding it up] Plastic. It's a piece of a plastic cup. There are pieces all around here. [He starts pointing out the other fragments] Look. Look, there. There. There. General Slater: What's so significant about that? Brad Crane: I'm afraid to speculate. But, I think, the bees, did this. General Slater: Are you saying these bees eat plastic? Brad Crane: No, no.But I'm wondering. Your American Honeybee has a weak mouth, that couldn't even break the skin, of a grape. But it looks like this species, is tearing up, plastic cups, possibly to line their hives. Now, if this is true, they didn't, just get here. I mean, the invasion, didn't, just now begin. They have been here some time. Breeding. Increasing. General Slater: So? Brad Crane: Well, suppose these bees, are using plastic, to insulate their hives. General Slater: No bee is that smart. Brad Crane: Suppose these African bees are.

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Brad Crane: These bees, General, are of joint concern, and they are killing Americans, without reference as to whether or not they have a serial number and are expected to salute you! So there will be no air drops of any kind until I give the OK. General Slater: Your OK, huh? Then it is just possible I can persuade you to attack this particular swarm, now that we know where it is. Attack and eliminate it! Brad Crane: Possibly, if you can explain to me, how you air drop chemicals, without killing the native insect life. If your chemical will kill the African bee, it will also kill the American bee, right? General Slater: Right. And better a few American bees than a lot of American people! Brad Crane: That is the point, general. The honey bee is vital to the environment. Every year in America, they pollinate six billion dollars worth of crops. If you kill the bee, you're gonna kill the crop. If you kill the plants, you'll kill the people. No. No, general. There will be no air drop, until

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Brad Crane: General, if you use that, nothing will grow out there for the next ten years. General Slater: Why worry about shaving when somebody's going to cut your head off?

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Brad Crane: Are you endowing these bees with human motives? Like saving their fellow bees from captivity, or seeking revenge on Mankind? General Slater: I always credit my enemy, no matter what he may be, with equal intelligence.

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Airman #1: [radioing from a helicopter] Air Search One to Top Kick. We have visual contact. General Slater: Identify. Airman #1: A black mass, sir. A moving black mass. Zero altitude. Dead ahead. They're hitting us! Oh my God! We're out - we're out of control! Ahhhhhhh!

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General Slater: I can tell you right now, we're going to have trouble with that nuclear power plant. No way they'll shut down voluntarily. Millions of people in the area need the energy. Dr. Hubbard: If we don't shut 'em down, the bees will.

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