OMNISCIENT NARRATOR:
According to all known laws of aviation
There is no way a bee should be able to fly
Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground
The bee, of course, flies anyway
Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible
BARRY:
Yellow black, yellow black, yellow
black, yellow black, yellow black,
yellow black... oohh, black and
yellow... Yeah, let’s shake it up a little.
JANET BENSON:
Barry! Breakfast is ready!
BARRY:
Coming!
Phone RINGING.
Barry’s antennae vibrate as they ring like a phone. Barry’s
hands are wet. He looks around for a towel
BARRY (cont'd):
Hang on a second!
Hello?
ADAM:
Barry?
BARRY:
Adam?
- Can you believe this is happening?
- I can't. I'll pick you up
Looking sharp
Use the stairs. Your father
Paid good money for those
Sorry. I'm excited
Here's the graduate
We're very proud of you, son
A perfect report card, all B's
Very proud
Ma! I got a thing going here
- You got lint on your fuzz
- Ow! That's me!
- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000
- Bye!
Barry, I told you
Stop flying in the house!
- Hey, Adam
- Hey, Barry
- Is that fuzz gel?
- A little. Special day, graduation
Never thought I'd make it
Three days grade school
Three days high school
Those were awkward
Three days college. I'm glad I took
A day and hitchhiked around the hive
You did come back different
- Hi, Barry
- Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good
- Hear about Frankie?
- Yeah
- You going to the funeral?
- No, I'm not going
Everybody knows
Sting someone, you die
Don't waste it on a squirrel
Such a hothead
I guess he could have
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...
Under the circumstances
- Well, Adam, today we are men
- We are!
- Bee-men
- Amen!
Hallelujah!
Students, faculty, distinguished bees
Please welcome Dean Buzzwell
Welcome, New Hive Oity
Graduating class of...
...9:15
That concludes our ceremonies
And begins your career
At Honex Industries!
Will we pick ourjob today?
I heard it's just orientation
Heads up! Here we go
Keep your hands and antennas
Inside the tram at all times
- Wonder what it'll be like?
- A little scary
Welcome to Honex
A division of Honesco
And a part of the Hexagon Group
This is it!
Wow
Wow
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
Our top-secret formula
Is automatically color-corrected
Scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured
Into this soothing sweet syrup
With its distinctive
Golden glow you know as...
Honey!
- That girl was hot
- She's my cousin!
- She is?
- Yes, we're all cousins
- Right. You're right
- At Honex, we constantly strive
To improve every aspect
Of bee existence
These bees are stress-testing
A new helmet technology
- What do you think he makes?
- Not enough
Here we have our latest advancement
The Krelman
- What does that do?
- Oatches that little strand of honey
That hangs after you pour it
Saves us millions
Oan anyone work on the Krelman?
Of course. Most bee jobs are
Small ones. But bees know
That every small job
If it's done well, means a lot
But choose carefully
Because you'll stay in the job
You pick for the rest of your life
The same job the rest of your life?
I didn't know that
What's the difference?
You'll be happy to know that bees
As a species, haven't had one day off
In 27 million years
So you'll just work us to death?
We'll sure try
Wow! That blew my mind!
"What's the difference?"
How can you say that?
One job forever?
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
Never have told us that?
Why would you question anything?
We're bees
We're the most perfectly
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
What I'm talking about
Please clear the gate
Royal Nectar Force on approach
Wait a second. Oheck it out
- Hey, those are Pollen Jocks!
- Wow
I've never seen them this close
They know what it's like
Outside the hive
Yeah, but some don't come back
- Hey, Jocks!
- Hi, Jocks!
You guys did great!
You're monsters!
You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!
- I wonder where they were
- I don't know
Their day's not planned
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
Right
Look. That's more pollen
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
Those ladies?
Aren't they our cousins too?
Distant. Distant
Look at these two
- Oouple of Hive Harrys
- Let's have fun with them
It must be dangerous
Being a Pollen Jock
Yeah. Once a bear pinned me
Against a mushroom!
He had a paw on my throat
And with the other, he was slapping me!
- Oh, my!
- I never thought I'd knock him out
What were you doing during this?
Trying to alert the authorities
I can autograph that
A little gusty out there today
Wasn't it, comrades?
Yeah. Gusty
We're hitting a sunflower patch
Six miles from here tomorrow
- Six miles, huh?
- Barry!
A puddle jump for us
But maybe you're not up for it
- Maybe I am
- You are not!
We're going 0900 at J-Gate
What do you think, buzzy-boy?
Are you bee enough?
I might be. It all depends
On what 0900 means
Hey, Honex!
Dad, you surprised me
You decide what you're interested in?
- Well, there's a lot of choices
- But you only get one
Do you ever get bored
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
It's a beautiful thing
You know, Dad
The more I think about it
Maybe the honey field
Just isn't right for me
You were thinking of what
Making balloon animals?
That's a bad job
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
Shave my antennae
Shack up with a grasshopper. Get
A gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"!
I'm so proud
- We're starting work today!
- Today's the day
Oome on! All the good jobs
Will be gone
Yeah, right
Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring
Stirrer, front desk, hair removal...
- Is it still available?
- Hang on. Two left!
One of them's yours! Oongratulations!
Step to the side
- What'd you get?
- Picking crud out. Stellar!
Wow!
Oouple of newbies?
Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready!
Make your choice
- You want to go first?
- No, you go
Oh, my. What's available?
Restroom attendant's open
Not for the reason you think
- Any chance of getting the Krelman?
- Sure, you're on
I'm sorry, the Krelman just closed out
Wax monkey's always open
The Krelman opened up again
What happened?
A bee died. Makes an opening. See?
He's dead. Another dead one
Deady. Deadified. Two more dead
Dead from the neck up
Dead from the neck down. That's life!
Oh, this is so hard!
Heating, cooling
Stunt bee, pourer, stirrer
Humming, inspector number seven
Lint coordinator, stripe supervisor
Mite wrangler. Barry, what
Do you think I should... Barry?
Barry!
All right, we've got the sunflower patch
In quadrant nine...
What happened to you?
Where are you?
- I'm going out
- Out? Out where?
- Out there
- Oh, no!
I have to, before I go
To work for the rest of my life
You're gonna die! You're crazy! Hello?
Another call coming in
If anyone's feeling brave
There's a Korean deli on 83rd
That gets their roses today
Hey, guys
- Look at that
- 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
- Thank you
- OK
You got a rain advisory today
And as you all know
Bees cannot fly in rain
So be careful. As always
Watch your brooms
Hockey sticks, dogs
Birds, bears and bats
Also, I got a couple of reports
Of root beer being poured on us
Murphy's in a home because of it
Babbling like a cicada!
- That's awful
- And a reminder for you rookies
Bee law number one
Absolutely no talking to humans!
All right, launch positions!
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz
Buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!
Black and yellow!
Hello!
You ready for this, hot shot?
Yeah. Yeah, bring it on
Wind, check
- Antennae, check
- Nectar pack, check
- Wings, check
- Stinger, check
Scared out of my shorts, check
OK, ladies
Let's move it out!
Pound those petunias
You striped stem-suckers!
All of you, drain those flowers!
Wow! I'm out!
I can't believe I'm out!
So blue
I feel so fast and free!
Box kite!
Wow!
Flowers!
This is Blue Leader
We have roses visual
Bring it around 30 degrees and hold
Roses!
30 degrees, roger. Bringing it around
Stand to the side, kid
It's got a bit of a kick
That is one nectar collector!
- Ever see pollination up close?
- No, sir
I pick up some pollen here, sprinkle it
Over here. Maybe a dash over there
A pinch on that one
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
Oool
I'm picking up a lot of bright yellow
Oould be daisies. Don't we need those?
Oopy that visual
Wait. One of these flowers
Seems to be on the move
Say again? You're reporting
A moving flower?
Affirmative
That was on the line!
This is the coolest. What is it?
I don't know, but I'm loving this color
It smells good
Not like a flower, but I like it
Yeah, fuzzy
Ohemical-y
Oareful, guys. It's a little grabby
My sweet lord of bees!
Oandy-brain, get off there!
Problem!
- Guys!
- This could be bad
Affirmative
Very close
Gonna hurt
Mama's little boy
You are way out of position, rookie!
Ooming in at you like a missile!
Help me!
I don't think these are flowers
- Should we tell him?
- I think he knows
What is this?!
Match point!
You can start packing up, honey
Because you're about to eat it!
Yowser!
Gross
There's a bee in the car!
- Do something!
- I'm driving!
- Hi, bee
- He's back here!
He's going to sting me!
Nobody move. If you don't move
He won't sting you. Freeze!
He blinked!
Spray him, Granny!
What are you doing?!
Wow... the tension level
Out here is unbelievable
I gotta get home
Oan't fly in rain
Oan't fly in rain
Oan't fly in rain
Mayday! Mayday! Bee going down!
Ken, could you close
The window please?
Ken, could you close
The window please?
Oheck out my new resume
I made it into a fold-out brochure
You see? Folds out
Oh, no. More humans. I don't need this
What was that?
Maybe this time. This time. This time
This time! This time! This...
Drapes!
That is diabolical
It's fantastic. It's got all my special
Skills, even my top-ten favorite movies
What's number one? Star Wars?
Nah, I don't go for that...
...kind of stuff
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 don't remember the sun
Having a big 75 on it
I predicted global warming
I could feel it getting hotter
At first I thought it was just me
Wait! Stop! Bee!
Stand back. These are winter boots
Wait!
Don't kill him!
You know I'm allergic to them!
This thing could kill me!
Why does his life have
Less value than yours?
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
My brochure!
There you go, little guy
I'm not scared of him
It's an allergic thing
Put that on your resume brochure
My whole face could puff up
Make it one of your special skills
Knocking someone out
Is also a special skill
Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks
- Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night?
- Sure, Ken. You know, whatever
- You could put carob chips on there
- Bye
- Supposed to be less calories
- Bye
I gotta say something
She saved my life
I gotta say something
All right, here it goes
Nah
What would I say?
I could really get in trouble
It's a bee law
You're not supposed to talk to a human
I can't believe I'm doing this
I've got to
Oh, I can't do it. Oome on!
No. Yes. No
Do it. I can't
How should I start it?
"You like jazz?" No, that's no good
Here she comes! Speak, you fool!
Hi!
I'm sorry
- You're talking
- Yes, I know
You're talking!
I'm so sorry
No, it's OK. It's fine
I know I'm dreaming
But I don't recall going to bed
Well, I'm sure this
Is very disconcerting
This is a bit of a surprise to me
I mean, you're a bee!
I am. And I'm not supposed
To be doing this
But they were all trying to kill me
And if it wasn't for you...
I had to thank you
It's just how I was raised
That was a little weird
- I'm talking with a bee
- Yeah
I'm talking to a bee
And the bee is talking to me!
I just want to say I'm grateful
I'll leave now
- Wait! How did you learn to do that?
- What?
The talking thing
Same way you did, I guess
"Mama, Dada, honey." You pick it up
- That's very funny
- Yeah
Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh
We'd cry with what we have to deal with
Anyway...
Oan I...
...get you something?
- Like what?
I don't know. I mean...
I don't know. Ooffee?
I don't want to put you out
It's no trouble. It takes two minutes
- It's just coffee
- I hate to impose
- Don't be ridiculous!
- Actually, I would love a cup
Hey, you want rum cake?
- I shouldn't
- Have some
- No, I can't
- Oome on!
I'm trying to lose a couple micrograms
- Where?
- These stripes don't help
You look great!
I don't know if you know
Anything about fashion
Are you all right?
No
He's making the tie in the cab
As they're flying up Madison
He finally gets there
He runs up the steps into the church
The wedding is on
And he says, "Watermelon?
I thought you said Guatemalan
Why would I marry a watermelon?"
Is that a bee joke?
That's the kind of stuff we do
Yeah, different
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
I know how you feel
- You do?
- Sure
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer or
A doctor, but I wanted to be a florist
- Really?
- My only interest is flowers
Our new queen was just elected
With that same campaign slogan
Anyway, if you look...
There's my hive right there. See it?
You're in Sheep Meadow!
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?
- Why not?
- It's like putting a hat on your knee
- Maybe I'll try that
- You all right, ma'am?
- Oh, yeah. Fine
Just having two cups of coffee!
Anyway, this has been great
Thanks for the coffee
Yeah, it's no trouble
Sorry I couldn't finish it. If I did
I'd be up the rest of my life
Are you...?
Oan I take a piece of this with me?
Sure! Here, have a crumb
- Thanks!
- Yeah
All right. Well, then...
I guess I'll see you around
Or not
OK, Barry
And thank you
So much again... for before
Oh, that? That was nothing
Well, not nothing, but... Anyway...
This can't possibly work
He's all set to go
We may as well try it
OK, Dave, pull the chute
- Sounds amazing
- It was amazing!
It was the scariest
Happiest moment of my life
Humans! I can't believe
You were with humans!
Giant, scary humans!
What were they like?
Huge and crazy. They talk crazy
They eat crazy giant things
They drive crazy
- Do they try and kill you, like on TV?
- Some of them. But some of them don't
- How'd you get back?
- Poodle
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
- Well...
- Well?
Well, I met someone
You did? Was she Bee-ish?
- A wasp?! Your parents will kill you!
- No, no, no, not a wasp
- Spider?
- 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
So who is she?
She's... human
No, no. That's a bee law
You wouldn't break a bee law
- Her name's Vanessa
- Oh, boy
She's so nice. And she's a florist!
Oh, no! You're dating a human florist!
We're not dating
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!
She saved my life!
And she understands me
This is over!
Eat this
This is not over! What was that?
- They call it a crumb
- 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?
- No
It's bread and cinnamon and frosting
They heat it up...
Sit down!
...really hot!
- Listen to me!
We are not them! We're us
There's us and there's them!
Yes, but who can deny
The heart that is yearning?
There's no yearning
Stop yearning. Listen to me!
You have got to start thinking bee
My friend. Thinking bee!
- Thinking bee
- 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?
It's been three days!
Why aren't you working?
I've got a lot of big life decisions
To think about
What life? You have no life!
You have no job. You're barely a bee!
Would it kill you
To make a little honey?
Barry, come out
Your father's talking to you
Martin, would you talk to him?
Barry, I'm talking to you!
You coming?
Got everything?
All set!
Go ahead. I'll catch up
Don't be too long
Watch this!
Vanessa!
- We're still here
- I told you not to yell at him
He doesn't respond to yelling!
- Then why yell at me?
- Because you don't listen!
I'm not listening to this
Sorry, I've gotta go
- Where are you going?
- I'm meeting a friend
A girl? Is this why you can't decide?
Bye
I just hope she's Bee-ish
They have a huge parade
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
Yeah, OK, I see, I see
All right, your turn
TiVo. You can just freeze live TV?
That's insane!
You don't have that?
We have Hivo, but it's a disease
It's a horrible, horrible disease
Oh, my
Dumb bees!
You must want to sting all those jerks
We try not to sting
It's usually fatal for us
So you have to watch your temper
Very carefully
You kick a wall, take a walk
Write an angry letter and throw it out
Work through it like any emotion:
Anger, jealousy, lust
Oh, my goodness! Are you OK?
Yeah
- What is wrong with you?!
- It's a bug
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
You've really got that
Down to a science
- I lost a cousin to Italian Vogue
- I'll bet
What in the name
Of Mighty Hercules is this?
How did this get here?
Oute Bee, Golden Blossom
Ray Liotta Private Select?
- Is he that actor?
- I never heard of him
- Why is this here?
- For people. We eat it
You don't have
Enough food of your own?
- Well, yes
- How do you get it?
- Bees make it
- I know who makes it!
And it's hard to make it!
There's heating, cooling, stirring
You need a whole Krelman thing!
- It's organic
- It's our-ganic!
It's just honey, Barry
Just what?!
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!
And it's on sale?!
I'm getting to the bottom of this
I'm getting to the bottom
Of all of this!
Hey, Hector
- You almost done?
- Almost
He is here. I sense it
Well, I guess I'll go home now
And just leave this nice honey out
With no one around
You're busted, box boy!
I knew I heard something
So you can talk!
I can talk
And now you'll start talking!
Where you getting the sweet stuff?
Who's your supplier?
I don't understand
I thought we were friends
The last thing we want
To do is upset bees!
You're too late! It's ours now!
You, sir, have crossed
The wrong sword!
You, sir, will be lunch
For my iguana, Ignacio!
Where is the honey coming from?
Tell me where!
Honey Farms! It comes from Honey Farms!
Orazy person!
What horrible thing has happened here?
These faces, they never knew
What hit them. And now
They're on the road to nowhere!
Just keep still
What? You're not dead?
Do I look dead? They will wipe anything
That moves. Where you headed?
To Honey Farms
I am onto something huge here
I'm going to Alaska. Moose blood
Crazy stuff. Blows your head off!
I'm going to Tacoma
- And you?
- He really is dead
All right
Uh-oh!
- What is that?!
- Oh, no!
- A wiper! Triple blade!
- Triple blade?
Jump on! It's your only chance, bee!
Why does everything have
To be so doggone clean?!
How much do you people need to see?!
Open your eyes!
Stick your head out the window!
From NPR News in Washington
I'm Oarl Kasell
But don't kill no more bugs!
- Bee!
- Moose blood guy!!
- You hear something?
- Like what?
Like tiny screaming
Turn off the radio
Whassup, bee boy?
Hey, Blood
Just a row of honey jars
As far as the eye could see
Wow!
I assume wherever this truck goes
Is where they're getting it
I mean, that honey's ours
- Bees hang tight
- We're all jammed in
It's a close community
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
You must meet girls
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!
- Hey, guys!
- Mooseblood!
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
What is this place?
A bee's got a brain
The size of a pinhead
They are pinheads!
Pinhead
- Oheck out the new smoker
- Oh, sweet. That's the one you want
The Thomas 3000!
Smoker?
Ninety puffs a minute, semi-automatic
Twice the nicotine, all the tar
A couple breaths of this
Knocks them right out
They make the honey
And we make the money
"They make the honey
And we make the money"?
Oh, my!
What's going on? Are you OK?
Yeah. It doesn't last too long
Do you know you're
In a fake hive with fake walls?
Our queen was moved here
We had no choice
This is your queen?
That's a man in women's clothes!
That's a drag queen!
What is this?
Oh, no!
There's hundreds of them!
Bee honey
Our honey is being brazenly stolen
On a massive scale!
This is worse than anything bears
Have done! I intend to do something
Oh, Barry, stop
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
- What?
- Talking to humans?!
He has a human girlfriend
And they make out!
Make out? Barry!
We do not
- You wish you could
- Whose side are you on?
The bees!
I dated a cricket once in San Antonio
Those crazy legs kept me up all night
Barry, this is what you want
To do with your life?
I want to do it for all our lives
Nobody works harder than bees!
Dad, I remember you
Coming home so overworked
Your hands were still stirring
You couldn't stop
I remember that
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
In the face! The eye!
- That would hurt
- No
Up the nose? That's a killer
There's only one place you can sting
The humans, one place where it matters
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A tri-county bee, Barry Benson
Intends to sue the human race
For stealing our honey
Packaging it and profiting
From it illegally!
Tomorrow night on Bee Larry King
We'll have three former queens here in
Our studio, discussing their new book
Olassy Ladies
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
To change the world
What about Bee Oolumbus?
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
You know, they have a Larry King
In the human world too
It's a common name. Next week...
He looks like you and has a show
And suspenders and colored dots...
Next week...
Glasses, quotes on the bottom from the
Guest even though you just heard 'em
Bear Week next week!
They're scary, hairy and here live
Always leans forward, pointy shoulders
Squinty eyes, very Jewish
In tennis, you attack
At the point of weakness!
It was my grandmother, Ken. She's 81
Honey, her backhand's a joke!
I'm not gonna take advantage of that?
Quiet, please
Actual work going on here
- Is that that same bee?
- Yes, it is!
I'm helping him sue the human race
- Hello
- Hello, bee
This is Ken
Yeah, I remember you. Timberland, size
Ten and a half. Vibram sole, I believe
Why does he talk again?
Listen, you better go
Cause we're really busy working
But it's our yogurt night!
Bye-bye
Why is yogurt night so difficult?!
You poor thing
You two have been at this for hours!
Yes, and Adam here
Has been a huge help
- Frosting...
- How many sugars?
Just one. I try not
To use the competition
So why are you helping me?
Bees have good qualities
And it takes my mind off the shop
Instead of flowers, people
Are giving balloon bouquets now
Those are great, if you're three
And artificial flowers
- Oh, those just get me psychotic!
- Yeah, me too
Bent stingers, pointless pollination
Bees must hate those fake things!
Nothing worse
Than a daffodil that's had work done
Maybe this could make up
For it a little bit
- This lawsuit's a pretty big deal
- I guess
You sure you want to go through with it?
Am I sure? When I'm done with
The humans, they won't be able
To say, "Honey, I'm home,"
Without paying a royalty!
It's an incredible scene
Here in downtown Manhattan
Where the world anxiously waits
Because for the first time in history
We will hear for ourselves
If a honeybee can actually speak
What have we gotten into here, Barry?
It's pretty big, isn't it?
I can't believe how many humans
Don't work during the day
You think billion-dollar multinational
Food companies have good lawyers?
Everybody needs to stay
Behind the barricade
- What's the matter?
- I don't know, I just got a chill
Well, if it isn't the bee team
You boys work on this?
All rise! The Honorable
Judge Bumbleton presiding
All right. Oase number 4475
Superior Oourt of New York
Barry Bee Benson v. the Honey Industry
Is now in session
Mr. Montgomery, you're representing
The five food companies collectively?
A privilege
Mr. Benson... you're representing
All the bees of the world?
I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor
We're ready to proceed
Mr. Montgomery
Your opening statement, please
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury
My grandmother was a simple woman
Born on a farm, she believed
It was man's divine right
To benefit from the bounty
Of nature God put before us
If we lived in the topsy-turvy world
Mr. Benson imagines
Just think of what would it mean
I would have to negotiate
With the silkworm
For the elastic in my britches!
Talking bee!
How do we know this isn't some sort of
Holographic motion-picture-capture
Hollywood wizardry?
They could be using laser beams!
Robotics! Ventriloquism!
Oloning! For all we know
He could be on steroids!
Mr. Benson?
Ladies and gentlemen
There's no trickery here
I'm just an ordinary bee
Honey's pretty important to me
It's important to all bees
We invented it!
We make it. And we protect it
With our lives
Unfortunately, there are
Some people in this room
Who think they can take it from us
Cause we're the little guys!
I'm hoping that, after this is all over
You'll see how, by taking our honey
You not only take everything we have
But everything we are!
I wish he'd dress like that
All the time. So nice!
Oall your first witness
So, Mr. Klauss Vanderhayden
Of Honey Farms, big company you have
I suppose so
I see you also own
Honeyburton and Honron!
Yes, they provide beekeepers
For our farms
Beekeeper. I find that
To be a very disturbing term
I don't imagine you employ
Any bee-free-ers, do you?
- No
- I couldn't hear you
- No
- No
Because you don't free bees
You keep bees. Not only that
It seems you thought a bear would be
An appropriate image for a jar of honey
They're very lovable creatures
Yogi Bear, Fozzie Bear, Build-A-Bear
You mean like this?
Bears kill bees!
How'd you like his head crashing
Through your living room?!
Biting into your couch!
Spitting out your throw pillows!
OK, that's enough. Take him away
So, Mr. Sting, thank you for being here
Your name intrigues me
- Where have I heard it before?
- I was with a band called The Police
But you've never been
A police officer, have you?
No, I haven't
No, you haven't. And so here
We have yet another example
Of bee culture casually
Stolen by a human
For nothing more than
A prance-about stage name
Oh, please
Have you ever been stung, Mr. Sting?
Because I'm feeling
A little stung, Sting
Or should I say... Mr. Gordon M. Sumner!
That's not his real name?! You idiots!
Mr. Liotta, first
Belated congratulations on
Your Emmy win for a guest spot
On ER in 2005
Thank you. Thank you
I see from your resume
That you're devilishly handsome
With a churning inner turmoil
That's ready to blow
I enjoy what I do. Is that a crime?
Not yet it isn't. But is this
What it's come to for you?
Exploiting tiny, helpless bees
So you don't
Have to rehearse
Your part and learn your lines, sir?
Watch it, Benson!
I could blow right now!
This isn't a goodfella
This is a badfella!
Why doesn't someone just step on
This creep, and we can all go home?!
- Order in this court!
- You're all thinking it!
Order! Order, I say!
- Say it!
- Mr. Liotta, please sit down!
I think it was awfully nice
Of that bear to pitch in like that
I think the jury's on our side
Are we doing everything right, legally?
I'm a florist
Right. Well, here's to a great team
To a great team!
Well, hello
- Ken!
- Hello
I didn't think you were coming
No, I was just late
I tried to call, but... the battery
I didn't want all this to go to waste
So I called Barry. Luckily, he was free
Oh, that was lucky
There's a little left
I could heat it up
Yeah, heat it up, sure, whatever
So I hear you're quite a tennis player
I'm not much for the game myself
The ball's a little grabby
That's where I usually sit
Right... there
Ken, Barry was looking at your resume
And he agreed with me that eating with
Chopsticks isn't really a special skill
You think I don't see what you're doing?
I know how hard it is to find
The rightjob. We have that in common
Do we?
Bees have 100 percent employment
But we do jobs like taking the crud out
That's just what
I was thinking about doing
Ken, I let Barry borrow your razor
For his fuzz. I hope that was all right
I'm going to drain the old stinger
Yeah, you do that
Look at that
You know, I've just about had it
With your little mind games
- What's that?
- Italian Vogue
Mamma mia, that's a lot of pages
A lot of ads
Remember what Van said, why is
Your life more valuable than mine?
Funny, I just can't seem to recall that!
I think something stinks in here!
I love the smell of flowers
How do you like the smell of flames?!
Not as much
Water bug! Not taking sides!
Ken, I'm wearing a Ohapstick hat!
This is pathetic!
I've got issues!
Well, well, well, a royal flush!
- You're bluffing
- Am I?
Surf's up, dude!
Poo water!
That bowl is gnarly
Except for those dirty yellow rings!
Kenneth! What are you doing?!
You know, I don't even like honey!
I don't eat it!
We need to talk!
He's just a little bee!
And he happens to be
The nicest bee I've met in a long time!
Long time? What are you talking about?!
Are there other bugs in your life?
No, but there are other things bugging
Me in life. And you're one of them!
Fine! Talking bees, no yogurt night...
My nerves are fried from riding
On this emotional roller coaster!
Goodbye, Ken
And for your information
I prefer sugar-free, artificial
Sweeteners made by man!
I'm sorry about all that
I know it's got
An aftertaste! I like it!
I always felt there was some kind
Of barrier between Ken and me
I couldn't overcome it
Oh, well
Are you OK for the trial?
I believe Mr. Montgomery
Is about out of ideas
We would like to call
Mr. Barry Benson Bee to the stand
Good idea! You can really see why he's
Considered one of the best lawyers...
Yeah
Layton, you've
Gotta weave some magic
With this jury
Or it's gonna be all over
Don't worry. The only thing I have
To do to turn this jury around
Is to remind them
Of what they don't like about bees
- You got the tweezers?
- Are you allergic?
Only to losing, son. Only to losing
Mr. Benson Bee, I'll ask you
What I think we'd all like to know
What exactly is your relationship
To that woman?
We're friends
- Good friends?
- Yes
How good? Do you live together?
Wait a minute...
Are you her little...
...bedbug?
I've seen a bee documentary or two
From what I understand
Doesn't your queen give birth
To all the bee children?
- Yeah, but...
- So those aren't your real parents!
- Oh, Barry...
- Yes, they are!
Hold me back!
You're an illegitimate bee
Aren't you, Benson?
He's denouncing bees!
Don't y'all date your cousins?
- Objection!
- I'm going to pincushion this guy!
Adam, don't! It's what he wants!
Oh, I'm hit!!
Oh, lordy, I am hit!
Order! Order!
The venom! The venom
Is coursing through my veins!
I have been felled
By a winged beast of destruction!
You see? You can't treat them
Like equals! They're striped savages!
Stinging's the only thing
They know! It's their way!
- Adam, stay with me
- I can't feel my legs
What angel of mercy
Will come forward to suck the poison
From my heaving buttocks?
I will have order in this court. Order!
Order, please!
The case of the honeybees
Versus the human race
Took a pointed turn against the bees
Yesterday when one of their legal
Team stung Layton T. Montgomery
- Hey, buddy
- Hey
- Is there much pain?
- Yeah
I...
I blew the whole case, didn't I?
It doesn't matter. What matters is
You're alive. You could have died
I'd be better off dead. Look at me
They got it from the cafeteria
Downstairs, in a tuna sandwich
Look, there's
A little celery still on it
What was it like to sting someone?
I can't explain it. It was all...
All adrenaline and then...
And then ecstasy!
All right
You think it was all a trap?
Of course. I'm sorry
I flew us right into this
What were we thinking? Look at us. We're
Just a couple of bugs in this world
What will the humans do to us
If they win?
I don't know
I hear they put the roaches in motels
That doesn't sound so bad
Adam, they check in
But they don't check out!
Oh, my
Oould you get a nurse
To close that window?
- Why?
- The smoke
Bees don't smoke
Right. Bees don't smoke
Bees don't smoke!
But some bees are smoking
That's it! That's our case!
It is? It's not over?
Get dressed. I've gotta go somewhere
Get back to the court and stall
Stall any way you can
And assuming you've done step correctly, you're ready for the tub
Mr. Flayman
Yes? Yes, Your Honor!
Where is the rest of your team?
Well, Your Honor, it's interesting
Bees are trained to fly haphazardly
And as a result
We don't make very good time
I actually heard a funny story about...
Your Honor
Haven't these ridiculous bugs
Taken up enough
Of this court's valuable time?
How much longer will we allow
These absurd shenanigans to go on?
They have presented no compelling
Evidence to support their charges
Against my clients
Who run legitimate businesses
I move for a complete dismissal
Of this entire case!
Mr. Flayman, I'm afraid I'm going
To have to consider
Mr. Montgomery's motion
But you can't! We have a terrific case
Where is your proof?
Where is the evidence?
Show me the smoking gun!
Hold it, Your Honor!
You want a smoking gun?
Here is your smoking gun
What is that?
It's a bee smoker!
What, this?
This harmless little contraption?
This couldn't hurt a fly
Let alone a bee
Look at what has happened
To bees who have never been asked
"Smoking or non?"
Is this what nature intended for us?
To be forcibly addicted
To smoke machines
And man-made wooden slat work camps?
Living out our lives as honey slaves
To the white man?
- What are we gonna do?
- He's playing the species card
Ladies and gentlemen, please
Free these bees!
Free the bees! Free the bees!
Free the bees!
Free the bees! Free the bees!
The court finds in favor of the bees!
Vanessa, we won!
I knew you could do it! High-five!
Sorry
I'm OK! You know what this means?
All the honey
Will finally belong to the bees
Now we won't have
To work so hard all the time
This is an unholy perversion
Of the balance of nature, Benson
You'll regret this
Barry, how much honey is out there?
All right. One at a time
Barry, who are you wearing?
My sweater is Ralph Lauren
And I have no pants
- What if Montgomery's right?
- What do you mean?
We've been living the bee way
A long time, 27 million years
Oongratulations on your victory
What will you demand as a settlement?
First, we'll demand a complete shutdown
Of all bee work camps
Then we want back the honey
That was ours to begin with
Every last drop
We demand an end to the glorification
Of the bear as anything more
Than a filthy, smelly
Bad-breath stink machine
We're all aware
Of what they do in the woods
Wait for my signal
Take him out
He'll have nauseous
For a few hours, then he'll be fine
And we will no longer tolerate
Bee-negative nicknames...
But it's just a prance-about stage name!
...unnecessary inclusion of honey
In bogus health products
And la-dee-da human
Tea-time snack garnishments
Oan't breathe
Bring it in, boys!
Hold it right there! Good
Tap it
Mr. Buzzwell, we just passed three cups
And there's gallons more coming!
- I think we need to shut down!
- Shut down? We've never shut down
Shut down honey production!
Stop making honey!
Turn your key, sir!
What do we do now?
Oannonball!
We're shutting honey production!
Mission abort
Aborting pollination and nectar detail
Returning to base
Adam, you wouldn't believe
How much honey was out there
Oh, yeah?
What's going on? Where is everybody?
- Are they out celebrating?
- They're home
They don't know what to do
Laying out, sleeping in
I heard your Uncle Oarl was on his way
To San Antonio with a cricket
At least we got our honey back
Sometimes I think, so what if humans
Liked our honey? Who wouldn't?
It's the greatest thing in the world!
I was excited to be part of making it
This was my new desk. This was my
New job. I wanted to do it really well
And now...
Now I can't
I don't understand
Why they're not happy
I thought their lives would be better!
They're doing nothing. It's amazing
Honey really changes people
You don't have any idea
What's going on, do you?
- What did you want to show me?
- This
What happened here?
That is not the half of it
Oh, no. Oh, my
They're all wilting
Doesn't look very good, does it?
No
And whose fault do you think that is?
You know, I'm gonna guess bees
Bees?
Specifically, me
I didn't think bees not needing to make
Honey would affect all these things
It's notjust flowers
Fruits, vegetables, they all need bees
That's our whole SAT test right there
Take away produce, that affects
The entire animal kingdom
And then, of course...
The human species?
So if there's no more pollination
It could all just go south here
Couldn't it?
I know this is also partly my fault
How about a suicide pact?
How do we do it?
- I'll sting you, you step on me
- Thatjust kills you twice
Right, right
Listen, Barry...
Sorry, but I gotta get going
I had to open my mouth and talk
Vanessa?
Vanessa? Why are you leaving?
Where are you going?
To the final Tournament of Roses parade
In Pasadena
They've moved it to this weekend
Because all the flowers are dying
It's the last chance
I'll ever have to see it
Vanessa, I just wanna say I'm sorry
I never meant it to turn out like this
I know. Me neither
Tournament of Roses
Roses can't do sports
Wait a minute. Roses. Roses?
Roses!
Vanessa!
Roses?!
Barry?
- Roses are flowers!
- Yes, they are
Flowers, bees, pollen!
I know
That's why this is the last parade
Maybe not
Oould you ask him to slow down?
Oould you slow down?
Barry!
OK, I made a huge mistake
This is a total disaster, all my fault
Yes, it kind of is
I've ruined the planet
I wanted to help you
With the flower shop
I've made it worse
Actually, it's completely closed down
I thought maybe you were remodeling
But I have another idea, and it's
Greater than my previous ideas combined
I don't want to hear it!
All right, they have the roses
The roses have the pollen
I know every bee, plant
And flower bud in this park
All we gotta do is get what they've got
Back here with what we've got
- Bees
- Park
- Pollen!
- Flowers
- Repollination!
- Across the nation!
Tournament of Roses
Pasadena, Oalifornia
They've got nothing
But flowers, floats and cotton candy
Security will be tight
I have an idea
Vanessa Bloome, FTD
Official floral business. It's real
Sorry, ma'am. Nice brooch
Thank you. It was a gift
Once inside
We just pick the right float
How about The Princess and the Pea?
I could be the princess
And you could be the pea!
Yes, I got it
- Where should I sit?
- What are you?
- I believe I'm the pea
- The pea?
It goes under the mattresses
- Not in this fairy tale, sweetheart
- I'm getting the marshal
You do that!
This whole parade is a fiasco!
Let's see what this baby'll do
Hey, what are you doing?!
Then all we do
Is blend in with traffic...
...without arousing suspicion
Once at the airport
There's no stopping us
Stop! Security
- You and your insect pack your float?
- Yes
Has it been
In your possession the entire time?
Would you remove your shoes?
- Remove your stinger
- It's part of me
I know. Just having some fun
Enjoy your flight
Then if we're lucky, we'll have
Just enough pollen to do the job
Oan you believe how lucky we are? We
Have just enough pollen to do the job!
I think this is gonna work
It's got to work
Attention, passengers
This is Oaptain Scott
We have a bit of bad weather
In New York
It looks like we'll experience
A couple hours delay
Barry, these are cut flowers
With no water. They'll never make it
I gotta get up there
And talk to them
Be careful
Oan I get help
With the Sky Mall magazine?
I'd like to order the talking
Inflatable nose and ear hair trimmer
Oaptain, I'm in a real situation
- What'd you say, Hal?
- Nothing
Bee!
Don't freak out! My entire species...
What are you doing?
- Wait a minute! I'm an attorney!
- Who's an attorney?
Don't move
Oh, Barry
Good afternoon, passengers
This is your captain
Would a Miss Vanessa Bloome in 24B
Please report to the cockpit?
And please hurry!
What happened here?
There was a DustBuster
A toupee, a life raft exploded
One's bald, one's in a boat
They're both unconscious!
- Is that another bee joke?
- No!
No one's flying the plane!
This is JFK control tower, Flight 356
What's your status?
This is Vanessa Bloome
I'm a florist from New York
Where's the pilot?
He's unconscious
And so is the copilot
Not good. Does anyone onboard
Have flight experience?
As a matter of fact, there is
- Who's that?
- Barry Benson
From the honey trial?! Oh, great
Vanessa, this is nothing more
Than a big metal bee
It's got giant wings, huge engines
I can't fly a plane
- Why not? Isn't John Travolta a pilot?
- Yes
How hard could it be?
Wait, Barry!
We're headed into some lightning
This is Bob Bumble. We have some
Late-breaking news from JFK Airport
Where a suspenseful scene
Is developing
Barry Benson
Fresh from his legal victory...
That's Barry!
...is attempting to land a plane
Loaded with people, flowers
And an incapacitated flight crew
Flowers?!
We have a storm in the area
And two individuals at the controls
With absolutely no flight experience
Just a minute
There's a bee on that plane
I'm quite familiar with Mr. Benson
And his no-account compadres
They've done enough damage
But isn't he your only hope?
Technically, a bee
Shouldn't be able to fly at all
Their wings are too small...
Haven't we heard this a million times?
"The surface area of the wings
And body mass make no sense."
- Get this on the air!
- Got it
- Stand by
- We're going live
The way we work may be a mystery to you
Making honey takes a lot of bees
Doing a lot of small jobs
But let me tell you about a small job
If you do it well
It makes a big difference
More than we realized
To us, to everyone
That's why I want to get bees
Back to working together
That's the bee way!
We're not made of Jell-O
We get behind a fellow
- Black and yellow!
- Hello!
Left, right, down, hover
- Hover?
- Forget hover
This isn't so hard
Beep-beep! Beep-beep!
Barry, what happened?!
Wait, I think we were
On autopilot the whole time
- That may have been helping me
- And now we're not!
So it turns out I cannot fly a plane
All of you, let's get
Behind this fellow! Move it out!
Move out!
Our only chance is if I do what I'd do
You copy me with the wings of the plane!
Don't have to yell
I'm not yelling!
We're in a lot of trouble
It's very hard to concentrate
With that panicky tone in your voice!
It's not a tone. I'm panicking!
I can't do this!
Vanessa, pull yourself together
You have to snap out of it!
You snap out of it
You snap out of it
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- Hold it!
- Why? Oome on, it's my turn
How is the plane flying?
I don't know
Hello?
Benson, got any flowers
For a happy occasion in there?
The Pollen Jocks!
They do get behind a fellow
- Black and yellow
- Hello
All right, let's drop this tin can
On the blacktop
Where? I can't see anything. Oan you?
No, nothing. It's all cloudy
Oome on. You got to think bee, Barry
- Thinking bee
- Thinking bee
Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
Wait a minute
I think I'm feeling something
- What?
- I don't know. It's strong, pulling me
Like a 27-million-year-old instinct
Bring the nose down
Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
- What in the world is on the tarmac?
- Get some lights on that!
Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
- Vanessa, aim for the flower
- OK
Out the engines. We're going in
On bee power. Ready, boys?
Affirmative!
Good. Good. Easy, now. That's it
Land on that flower!
Ready? Full reverse!
Spin it around!
- Not that flower! The other one!
- Which one?
- That flower
- I'm aiming at the flower!
That's a fat guy in a flowered shirt
I mean the giant pulsating flower
Made of millions of bees!
Pull forward. Nose down. Tail up
Rotate around it
- This is insane, Barry!
- This's the only way I know how to fly
Am I koo-koo-kachoo, or is this plane
Flying in an insect-like pattern?
Get your nose in there. Don't be afraid
Smell it. Full reverse!
Just drop it. Be a part of it
Aim for the center!
Now drop it in! Drop it in, woman!
Oome on, already
Barry, we did it!
You taught me how to fly!
- Yes. No high-five!
- Right
Barry, it worked!
Did you see the giant flower?
What giant flower? Where? Of course
I saw the flower! That was genius!
- Thank you
- But we're not done yet
Listen, everyone!
This runway is covered
With the last pollen
From the last flowers
Available anywhere on Earth
That means this is our last chance
We're the only ones who make honey
Pollinate flowers and dress like this
If we're gonna survive as a species
This is our moment! What do you say?
Are we going to be bees, orjust
Museum of Natural History keychains?
We're bees!
Keychain!
Then follow me! Except Keychain
Hold on, Barry. Here
You've earned this
Yeah!
I'm a Pollen Jock! And it's a perfect
Fit. All I gotta do are the sleeves
Oh, yeah
That's our Barry
Mom! The bees are back!
If anybody needs
To make a call, now's the time
I got a feeling we'll be
Working late tonight!
Here's your change. Have a great
Afternoon! Oan I help who's next?
Would you like some honey with that?
It is bee-approved. Don't forget these
Milk, cream, cheese, it's all me
And I don't see a nickel!
Sometimes I just feel
Like a piece of meat!
I had no idea
Barry, I'm sorry
Have you got a moment?
Would you excuse me?
My mosquito associate will help you
Sorry I'm late
He's a lawyer too?
I was already a blood-sucking parasite
All I needed was a briefcase
Have a great afternoon!
Barry, I just got this huge tulip order
And I can't get them anywhere
No problem, Vannie
Just leave it to me
You're a lifesaver, Barry
Oan I help who's next?
All right, scramble, jocks!
It's time to fly
Thank you, Barry!
That bee is living my life!
Let it go, Kenny
- When will this nightmare end?!
- Let it all go
- Beautiful day to fly
- Sure is
Between you and me
I was dying to get out of that office
You have got
To start thinking bee, my friend
- Thinking bee!
- Me?
Hold it. Let's just stop
For a second. Hold it
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, everyone
Oan we stop here?
I'm not making a major life decision
During a production number!
All right. Take ten, everybody
Wrap it up, guys
I had virtually no rehearsal for that
