I remember The Time Before. The time before The Changes, before the bees died all over the world. Suddenly. All wiped out. It was that one dreadful year when things started to break down. Lots of things happened, but it was all about the bees.
We knew they were important.
We knew they were vital.
We knew they were vital for life.
Everyone had predicted it would be a catastrophe; but it turned out there was hope. There was a work-around; people with technology, scientists, biologists, cyberneticists. They had a plan.
They brought out the drones. Not the only-good-for-one-thing males of the bee species. No, these were machines.
But we didn’t realise that these tiny robots were more than just little automated pollinators.
Did you know about the waggle dance? The one a bee did to tell other bees where to find the good stuff. No? Well it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that the new drones, the cute little bee drones, have eyes everywhere. They’re watching us. So you’d better toe the line.
They don’t do a dance, but they do tell their masters.
They watch; their masters observe.
Their masters control. Your life.
Everyone had predicted it would be a catastrophe, and it was. But not in the way people had thought. And now nothing is like it was in The Time Before.
©2018 Chris Hall
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I remember learning about the waggle dance in an animal biology class. xo
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Very interesting. May even become reality. Did see the movie bees?
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I think I did see ‘The Bees’ – long, long time ago. Killer bees from Mexico, I think? Or were they African killer bees? I was slightly alarmed to find that a few of those were spotted in the next town to us last year. But that would be a different story!
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I am taking about the animated movie. It’s a few years old. I saw it with my grandson. 😃
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Ah, that one passed me by!
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I love to watch animated movies. They are so relaxing. 😊
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It’s like an extension of a Black Mirror episode.
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I just Googled ‘Black Mirror’, sounds good! I don’t think it’s been shown in South Africa. I do remember the ‘Twilight Zone’ on which it’s apparently based. Showing my age, I think!
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No not all, that’s classic television. Plus with all the reboots who could tell😉.
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You’re very kind!!
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Not the only-good-for-one-thing males of the bee species. …hilarious line…
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