He's showing off, and trying to act the big man, when she asks him what he does for a living.
"I'm a bee keeper" he explains, proudly. "Oh, really?..." she says, "so how many bees do you have?" "I have 250'000 bees", he says. "So, how many hives do you have?" she asks. He tells her "I have 5 hives".
At that moment, a drunk man who had been sat eavesdropping at the bar, chimes in. "That's nothing," he says, "I've got more bees than that." "What? So, how many bees do you have then?" asks the man in disbelief. "I've got a million bees" he says, slurring. "Oh yeah," laughs the man, "so how many hives have you got?" "Just one!" answers the drunk. "So you have a million bees and only one hive?" chuckles the man.
["Yeah... fuck 'em!"](/spoiler)
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