MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: some kinda-spoilers, but not really, but still yeah.

> Still trying to wrap my head around some of the allegory. Why the bees, and inserting
> his hand in the hive, and the swarm on his hand after. And for bees, where are the
> flowers/foliage? And with the lone flower by the dead tree... it all has related
> purpose. Still contemplating it all. Sexual allusions to barrenness (dead tree), the
> emergence of life there (the lone flower), impotence in contrast to fertility of
> bees. The insertion of his hand into the honeywell was obvious. The whole entire
> scene is worthy of herbs and Pink Floyd discussion to get my head around it.
>
> Was anyone else thinking "Kreager" with the holigraphic girl friend?

The bee thing is a callback to a scene with Rachael in the original movie. Deckard asks her what she'd do if she saw a wasp in her hand - she replies right away that she'd kill it.

But K doesn't kill the bees. He sees the bees and appears surprised, even amazed at them being there. How can something like them be alive in Las Vegas, after all this time?