Philip Abbott credited as playing...
Prof. Benedict O. 'Ben' Fields
- Regina: Are you afraid of insects, Mrs. Fields?
- Francesca Fields: Well I think we all are a little. We talk more about our fear of the larger forms of animals. It doesn't seem so cowardly to admit fear of crazed panthers or giant vultures. But I think we're all a little... uneasy about the tiny things that crawl and fly. You can't see what they're thinking. You can't look into their eyes...
- Prof. Benedict O. 'Ben' Fields: [Smiling] But you can hear what they're thinking, if you happen to be married to a certain entomologist.
- Francesca Fields: Oh, I wasn't thinking about bees. Of course, they sting. But I am inoculated at regular intervals.
- Regina: Against their sting, not their *thoughts*.
- Francesca Fields: Are their thoughts dangerous?
- Prof. Benedict O. 'Ben' Fields: [Humorously] Only to the drones.
- Regina: They don't think of it that way. They fight for the privilege to die. They compete for it. The marriage of the queen bee and the drone is one of the most beautiful rituals ever conceived or observed.