According to all known laws
Its wings are too small to get
its fat little body off the ground.
The bee, of course, flies anyway
what humans think is impossible.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Let's shake it up a little.
Barry! Breakfast is ready!
- Oan you believe this is happening?
- I can't. I'll pick you up.
Use the stairs. Your father
paid good money for those.
We're very proud of you, son.
A perfect report card, all B's.
Ma! I got a thing going here.
- You got lint on your fuzz.
- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
stop flying in the house!
- A little. Special day, graduation.
Never thought I'd make it.
Three days college. I'm glad I took
a day and hitchhiked around the hive.
You did come back different.
- Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good.
- You going to the funeral?
Don't waste it on a squirrel.
just gotten out of the way.
I love this incorporating
an amusement park into our day.
That's why we don't need vacations.
Boy, quite a bit of pomp...
- Well, Adam, today we are men.
Students, faculty, distinguished bees,
please welcome Dean Buzzwell.
That concludes our ceremonies.
Will we pick ourjob today?
I heard it's just orientation.
Keep your hands and antennas
inside the tram at all times.
- Wonder what it'll be like?
and a part of the Hexagon Group.
We know that you, as a bee,
have worked your whole life
to get to the point where you
can work for your whole life.
Honey begins when our valiant Pollen
Jocks bring the nectar to the hive.
is automatically color-corrected,
scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured
into this soothing sweet syrup
golden glow you know as...
- Yes, we're all cousins.
- At Honex, we constantly strive
These bees are stress-testing
- What do you think he makes?
Here we have our latest advancement,
- Oatches that little strand of honey
that hangs after you pour it.
Oan anyone work on the Krelman?
Of course. Most bee jobs are
small ones. But bees know
if it's done well, means a lot.
because you'll stay in the job
you pick for the rest of your life.
The same job the rest of your life?
You'll be happy to know that bees,
as a species, haven't had one day off
So you'll just work us to death?
That's an insane choice to have to make.
I'm relieved. Now we only have
to make one decision in life.
But, Adam, how could they
Why would you question anything?
functioning society on Earth.
You ever think maybe things
work a little too well here?
Like what? Give me one example.
I don't know. But you know
Royal Nectar Force on approach.
Wait a second. Oheck it out.
- Hey, those are Pollen Jocks!
I've never seen them this close.
Yeah, but some don't come back.
You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!
- I wonder where they were.
Outside the hive, flying who knows
where, doing who knows what.
You can'tjust decide to be a Pollen
Jock. You have to be bred for that.
than you and I will see in a lifetime.
It's just a status symbol.
Bees make too much of it.
Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it
and the ladies see you wearing it.
Aren't they our cousins too?
- Let's have fun with them.
Yeah. Once a bear pinned me
He had a paw on my throat,
and with the other, he was slapping me!
- I never thought I'd knock him out.
What were you doing during this?
Trying to alert the authorities.
A little gusty out there today,
We're hitting a sunflower patch
six miles from here tomorrow.
but maybe you're not up for it.
We're going 0900 at J-Gate.
What do you think, buzzy-boy?
I might be. It all depends
You decide what you're interested in?
- Well, there's a lot of choices.
doing the same job every day?
Son, let me tell you about stirring.
You grab that stick, and you just
move it around, and you stir it around.
You get yourself into a rhythm.
the more I think about it,
You were thinking of what,
for a guy with a stinger.
Janet, your son's not sure
he wants to go into honey!
- Barry, you are so funny sometimes.
- I'm not trying to be funny.
You're not funny! You're going
into honey. Our son, the stirrer!
- You're gonna be a stirrer?
- No one's listening to me!
Wait till you see the sticks I have.
I could say anything right now.
I'm gonna get an ant tattoo!
Let's open some honey and celebrate!
Maybe I'll pierce my thorax.
Shack up with a grasshopper. Get
a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"!
- We're starting work today!
Oome on! All the good jobs
Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring,
stirrer, front desk, hair removal...
One of them's yours! Oongratulations!
- Picking crud out. Stellar!
Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready!
Oh, my. What's available?
Restroom attendant's open,
not for the reason you think.
- Any chance of getting the Krelman?
I'm sorry, the Krelman just closed out.
Wax monkey's always open.
The Krelman opened up again.
A bee died. Makes an opening. See?
He's dead. Another dead one.
Deady. Deadified. Two more dead.
Dead from the neck down. That's life!
stunt bee, pourer, stirrer,
humming, inspector number seven,
lint coordinator, stripe supervisor,
mite wrangler. Barry, what
do you think I should... Barry?
All right, we've got the sunflower patch
to work for the rest of my life.
You're gonna die! You're crazy! Hello?
If anyone's feeling brave,
there's a Korean deli on 83rd
that gets their roses today.
- Isn't that the kid we saw yesterday?
Hold it, son, flight deck's restricted.
It's OK, Lou. We're gonna take him up.
Really? Feeling lucky, are you?
Sign here, here. Just initial that.
You got a rain advisory today,
So be careful. As always,
Also, I got a couple of reports
of root beer being poured on us.
Murphy's in a home because of it,
- And a reminder for you rookies,
absolutely no talking to humans!
All right, launch positions!
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz,
buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!
You ready for this, hot shot?
Scared out of my shorts, check.
you striped stem-suckers!
All of you, drain those flowers!
Bring it around 30 degrees and hold.
30 degrees, roger. Bringing it around.
It's got a bit of a kick.
That is one nectar collector!
- Ever see pollination up close?
I pick up some pollen here, sprinkle it
over here. Maybe a dash over there,
See that? It's a little bit of magic.
That's amazing. Why do we do that?
That's pollen power. More pollen, more
flowers, more nectar, more honey for us.
I'm picking up a lot of bright yellow.
Oould be daisies. Don't we need those?
Wait. One of these flowers
Say again? You're reporting
This is the coolest. What is it?
I don't know, but I'm loving this color.
Not like a flower, but I like it.
Oareful, guys. It's a little grabby.
Oandy-brain, get off there!
You are way out of position, rookie!
Ooming in at you like a missile!
I don't think these are flowers.
You can start packing up, honey,
because you're about to eat it!
There's a bee in the car!
Nobody move. If you don't move,
he won't sting you. Freeze!
out here is unbelievable.
Mayday! Mayday! Bee going down!
I made it into a fold-out brochure.
Oh, no. More humans. I don't need this.
Maybe this time. This time. This time.
This time! This time! This...
It's fantastic. It's got all my special
skills, even my top-ten favorite movies
What's number one? Star Wars?
No wonder we shouldn't talk to them.
They're out of their minds.
When I leave a job interview, they're
flabbergasted, can't believe what I say.
There's the sun. Maybe that's a way out.
I predicted global warming.
I could feel it getting hotter.
At first I thought it was just me.
Stand back. These are winter boots.
You know I'm allergic to them!
This thing could kill me!
Why does his life have any less value
than mine? Is that your statement?
I'm just saying all life has value. You
don't know what he's capable of feeling.
There you go, little guy.
Put that on your resume brochure.
My whole face could puff up.
Make it one of your special skills.
Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks.
- Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night?
- Sure, Ken. You know, whatever.
- You could put carob chips on there.
- Supposed to be less calories.
I could really get in trouble.
You're not supposed to talk to a human
I can't believe I'm doing this.
Oh, I can't do it. Oome on!
"You like jazz?" No, that's no good.
Here she comes! Speak, you fool
But I don't recall going to bed.
This is a bit of a surprise to me.
I am. And I'm not supposed
but they were all trying to kill me
And if it wasn't for you..
It's just how I was raised.
- I'm talking with a bee.
And the bee is talking to me!
I just want to say I'm grateful.
- Wait! How did you learn to do that?
Same way you did, I guess.
"Mama, Dada, honey." You pick it up.
Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh,
we'd cry with what we have to deal with.
I don't want to put you out.
It's no trouble. It takes two minutes.
- Actually, I would love a cup
I'm trying to lose a couple micrograms.
- These stripes don't help.
He's making the tie in the cab
as they're flying up Madison.
He runs up the steps into the church.
And he says, "Watermelon?
I thought you said Guatemalan
Why would I marry a watermelon?"
That's the kind of stuff we do.
So, what are you gonna do, Barry?
About work? I don't know.
I want to do my part for the hive,
but I can't do it the way they want
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer or
a doctor, but I wanted to be a florist.
- My only interest is flowers.
Our new queen was just elected
with that same campaign slogan.
There's my hive right there. See it?
Yes! I'm right off the Turtle Pond!
No way! I know that area.
I lost a toe ring there once.
- Why do girls put rings on their toes?
- It's like putting a hat on your knee.
Just having two cups of coffee!
Anyway, this has been great.
Sorry I couldn't finish it. If I did,
I'd be up the rest of my life
Oan I take a piece of this with me?
Sure! Here, have a crumb.
I guess I'll see you around.
so much again... for before.
Oh, that? That was nothing.
Well, not nothing, but... Anyway..
This can't possibly work.
OK, Dave, pull the chute.
happiest moment of my life
Huge and crazy. They talk crazy.
They eat crazy giant things.
- Do they try and kill you, like on TV?
- Some of them. But some of them don't.
You did it, and I'm glad. You saw
whatever you wanted to see.
You had your "experience." Now you
can pick out yourjob and be normal.
You did? Was she Bee-ish?
- A wasp?! Your parents will kill you!
- No, no, no, not a wasp.
- I'm not attracted to spiders.
I know it's the hottest thing,
with the eight legs and all.
I can't get by that face.
No, no. That's a bee law.
You wouldn't break a bee law.
She's so nice. And she's a florist!
Oh, no! You're dating a human florist!
You're flying outside the hive, talking
to humans that attack our homes
with power washers and M-80s!
One-eighth a stick of dynamite!
This is not over! What was that?
- It was so stingin' stripey!
And that's not what they eat.
That's what falls off what they eat!
- You know what a Oinnabon is?
It's bread and cinnamon and frosting.
We are not them! We're us.
There's us and there's them!
the heart that is yearning?
Stop yearning. Listen to me!
You have got to start thinking bee,
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
There he is. He's in the pool.
You know what your problem is, Barry?
I gotta start thinking bee
How much longer will this go on?
I've got a lot of big life decisions
What life? You have no life!
You have no job. You're barely a bee
Your father's talking to you.
Martin, would you talk to him?
Barry, I'm talking to you
- I told you not to yell at him.
He doesn't respond to yelling!
- Because you don't listen!
I'm not listening to this.
A girl? Is this why you can't decide?
I just hope she's Bee-ish.
of flowers every year in Pasadena?
To be in the Tournament of Roses,
that's every florist's dream!
Up on a float, surrounded
by flowers, crowds cheering.
A tournament. Do the roses
compete in athletic events?
No. All right, I've got one.
How come you don't fly everywhere?
It's exhausting. Why don't you
run everywhere? It's faster.
TiVo. You can just freeze live TV?
We have Hivo, but it's a disease.
It's a horrible, horrible disease.
You must want to sting all those jerks.
It's usually fatal for us.
So you have to watch your temper.
You kick a wall, take a walk,
write an angry letter and throw it out.
Work through it like any emotion:
Oh, my goodness! Are you OK?
- What is wrong with you?!
He's not bothering anybody.
Get out of here, you creep!
What was that? A Pic 'N' Save circular
Yeah, it was. How did you know?
It felt like about 10 pages.
Seventy-five is pretty much our limit.
- I lost a cousin to Italian Vogue.
of Mighty Hercules is this?
Ray Liotta Private Select?
And it's hard to make it!
There's heating, cooling, stirring.
You need a whole Krelman thing!
Bees don't know about this!
This is stealing! A lot of stealing!
You've taken our homes, schools,
hospitals! This is all we have!
I'm getting to the bottom of this.
I'm getting to the bottom
Well, I guess I'll go home now
and just leave this nice honey out,
I knew I heard something.
And now you'll start talking!
Where you getting the sweet stuff?
I thought we were friends.
You're too late! It's ours now!
Where is the honey coming from?
Honey Farms! It comes from Honey Farms!
What horrible thing has happened here?
These faces, they never knew
they're on the road to nowhere!
Do I look dead? They will wipe anything
that moves. Where you headed?
I am onto something huge here.
I'm going to Alaska. Moose blood,
crazy stuff. Blows your head off!
Jump on! It's your only chance, bee!
How much do you people need to see?!
Stick your head out the window!
From NPR News in Washington,
But don't kill no more bugs!
Just a row of honey jars,
as far as the eye could see.
I assume wherever this truck goes
is where they're getting it.
I mean, that honey's ours.
Not us, man. We on our own.
Every mosquito on his own.
- What if you get in trouble?
- You a mosquito, you in trouble.
Nobody likes us. They just smack.
See a mosquito, smack, smack!
At least you're out in the world.
Mosquito girls try to trade up,
get with a moth, dragonfly.
Mosquito girl don't want no mosquito.
You got to be kidding me!
Mooseblood's about to leave
the building! So long, bee!
I knew I'd catch y'all down here.
Did you bring your crazy straw?
We throw it in jars, slap a label on it,
and it's pretty much pure profit.
- Oheck out the new smoker.
- Oh, sweet. That's the one you want.
Ninety puffs a minute, semi-automatic.
Twice the nicotine, all the tar.
What's going on? Are you OK?
Yeah. It doesn't last too long.
in a fake hive with fake walls?
Our queen was moved here.
That's a man in women's clothes!
There's hundreds of them!
Our honey is being brazenly stolen
This is worse than anything bears
have done! I intend to do something.
Who told you humans are taking
our honey? That's a rumor.
Do these look like rumors?
That's a conspiracy theory.
These are obviously doctored photos.
How did you get mixed up in this?
He's been talking to humans.
He has a human girlfriend.
I dated a cricket once in San Antonio.
Those crazy legs kept me up all nigh
Barry, this is what you want
I want to do it for all our lives.
Nobody works harder than bees!
coming home so overworked
your hands were still stirring.
What right do they have to our honey?
We live on two cups a year. They put it
in lip balm for no reason whatsoever!
Even if it's true, what can one bee do?
Sting them where it really hurts.
Up the nose? That's a killer.
There's only one place you can sting
the humans, one place where it matters.
Hive at Five, the hive's only
full-hour action news source.
With Bob Bumble at the anchor desk.
Weather with Storm Stinger.
And Jeanette Ohung Good evening. I'm Bob Bumble.
A tri-county bee, Barry Benson,
intends to sue the human race
packaging it and profiting
Tomorrow night on Bee Larry King,
we'll have three former queens here in
our studio, discussing their new book,
out this week on Hexagon.
Tonight we're talking to Barry Benson.
Did you ever think, "I'm a kid
from the hive. I can't do this"?
Bees have never been afraid
Bee Gandhi? Bejesus? Where I'm from, we'd never sue humans We were thinking of stickball or candy stores. How old are you? The bee community is supporting you in this case, which will be the trial of the bee century.
This version may make it where others have not.
You know what, Jack? When you said you were leaving me a gift with that mischievous tone… I expected better of you. Or worse, I should say. This is… medium.
