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Sister Bees
03:27
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When I'm at home with my sisters
Bee’anca, Bee’atrice 'n Deb’bee
I feel so at home with my sisters
All ten thousand, seventy-three
When I'm at home with my sisters
There's a warm humming sound
At home in the hive with my sisters
We share all the chores around
I'd be in a twister
to know what to do
Without all my sisters
Helping me too.
At home in the hive with my sisters
I never feel alone.
Dinners are made with my sisters
And they're never on their phones!
It's only us girls
For months of our lives
We're nursing, n' cleaning,
Till the few boys arrive
We help each other us sisters
A peaceful home as can bee
We spoil our few little misters
Then kick them out to be free
We'll coddle our brothers
So they can grow strong
They'll make more sisters
But boys don't live long!
When I come home to my sisters
With more pollen than pockets hold
They'll comb my fuzz of the pollen
Calling me pretty & bold!
Mom gave us life
Now we care for her
There's never strife
Sister love is pure
When I come home to my sisters
Bee’anca, Bee’atrice 'n Deb’bee
I feel so at home with my sisters
All ten thousand, seventy-three!
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Ella bella, Ella Bella, I'm a Bee
Makin' food for you as I make it for Bees
Ella Bella, Ella Bella, I’m a Bee!
If you like food, you gotta like me!
Ella Bella Bee and the pollinators
Flyin' flower to flower is a sweet Bee-havior
Without Bees where'd be your food
Too many fruits n' veggies you'd have to exclude
Ella Bella Bee and the pollinator crew
Bees shake each flower, for food for you
Fruit doesn't grow by its own accord
It needs pollinators' help on board
Apples, berries
Almonds, cherries
Bees make them fruit and thrive
Squashes and pea plants
Most grains you see can't
Be grown without the pollinator tribe!
Ella bella, Ella Bella, I'm a Bee
Makin' food for you as I make it for Bees
Ella Bella, Ella Bella, I’m a Bee!
If you like food, you gotta like me!
Ella Bella Bee and the Pollinator crew
Bees don't slack off, we've work to do
Fruit needs Bee bumps n' licks
It needs pollinators for food to pick!
Ella Bella Bee and the pollinators
We're all in this together so do Bees a favor
You save us so we can save you
Ella Bella Bee and the Pollinator Crew
Apples, berries
Almonds and cherries
Bees make them fruit and thrive
Squashes and pea plants
Most grains you see can't
Be grown without the pollinator tribe
Ella Bella, Ella Bella, I'm a Bee!
Makin' food for you as I make it for Bees
Ella Bella, Ella Bella, we can save you
Ella Bella Bee & the Pollinator Crew!
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Apis Mellifera the Honey Bee name
Apis Mellifera, Honey is our game
All bees pollinate plants large and small
Yet without Honey Bees, no honey, none at all!
We're a super hero bees
We make honey with our time
It's not just to eat
No! Honey is sublime!
20,000 species of bees in the wild
Are vital pollinators, in their sleek or fuzzy style.
Yet help of Honey Bees cannot be over-stated
How sad if Honey Bees were obliterated!
Apis Mellifera the Honey Bee name
Apis Mellifera, Honey is our game
Bees pollinate plants large and small
Yet without Honey Bees, no honey, none at all!
“You may ask, 'What's honey good for?'”
“What's honey good for?”
“It's a Hygroscopic!”
“A Hygroscopic?!”
“A hygroscopic seals up wounds.”
A hygroscopic, it seals up a wound
Keeping it clean . . . what a boon!
Soon wounds heal, sealed with less pain.
Not protecting bees? Truly insane!
Apis Mellifera is the Honey Bee name
Apis Mellifera and honey is our game
There's other kinds of bees, thousands large and small
Yet without honey bees, no honey, none at all!
“You may ask, 'What's honey good for?'”
“What's honey good for?”
“It's an antibacterial”
“An anti-bacterial?!”
Honey keeps out bacteria and fungus
For, “ouch”, burns . . a miracle among us!
Gums – n' throat - were helped traditionally
Some say it even helps you not to sneeze
“Less allergy?”
“Supposedly!”
Apis Mellifera is the Honey Bee name
Apis Mellifera and honey is our game
There's other kinds of bees, thousands large and small
Yet do not make what we make, no they do not, not at all!
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Little Bees
02:50
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We're little bees
Just tiny bees
Helping out our families
People want plants without insects
They don't want weeds but don't suspect
Bees eat & drink the poisoned dew
Would they want us dead if they had a clue?
You're bigger than a little bee
Big enough to help others see
Poison hurts bees, it makes us sick
But you have some power by what you pick!
Like do perfect lawns still appeal
If poison dandelions are my last meal?!
It's not just sprays to kill bugs and weeds that hurt us!
Now seeds are coated with neonics that make us sick!
But could you grow flowers for us? We’d be safer & have more to eat.
Plant organic seeds in gardens, open lot dirt,
A grass strip, schoolyard, All can work!
You're bigger than a little bee
Big enough to help others see
Spring to fall we need lots of flowers
Different kinds give us our power!
Clover, foxglove, sunflowers too.
We need more than one food, just like you!
We're little bees
Just tiny bees
Helping out our families
We love to drink nectar
We can't just stop
But without your help
Us bees could just drop. . .plop
Cause we're little bees
Just tiny bees
You're bigger than a little bee. . .
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You may think me a flighty bird
A sugar water wimp!
Just a decorative artiste
A pretty, little shrimp!
But I’m no light-weight, Buddy,
I eat bugs with the best
And pollinate your beans
So even bees are impressed!
I can fly both front & backwards
I can dive both up and down
I’m a darting wing sensation
In red flowers can be found
If you want this pollinator
With speeds extraordinary
Tempt bugs for me to eat
And I’ll be your garden fairy!
But doesn't take long for pesticides
To take a toll on my insides
Let me be your food fairy
And you be mine!
I'm a tiny little bird
With a lovely humming sound
Eating aphids and fruit flies
while dancing all around
Plant runner beans n' sage
Cuz a hungry nectar fan
Can give you in exchange
Entertainment with her fans!
But doesn't take long for weed-killers
To take a toll on my liver
Let me be your food fairy
And you be mine!
I zip round when I fly
Like a helicopter hover
My heart beats, oh my,
A flutter like no other
If you want my darts ‘n daring
A life extraordinary
Make it easier to live
For your little garden fairy
Cuz’ doesn't take long for weed-killers
To take a toll on my liver
Oh, let me be your food fairy, and you be mine.
Oh, let me be your food fairy, and you be mine,
Oh, let me be your food fairy, and you be mine!
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Leave Me Bee!
02:14
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Poor little me,
Poor little Bee, if I sting your knee
‘Cause I'm scared, you dared
To swat at me
Just one sting, and I'll sing
Goodbye to the Queen
‘Cause I'm-a gone, gone, gone, gone, gone!
With one little sting
If you chance
To dance in a barefoot stance
And you pound on the ground
Of a BumbleBee mound
I'll deflect and protect
My clan of insects
And be gone, gone, gone, gone, gone!
With one little sting
Oh, please let me be!
Stay out of my way
I'll freely be a friend
I'll live another day
Leave me be, don'tcha swat
Oh, leave me be, don'tcha squash
Or I'm-a gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
With one little sting!
If you're stung
N' you sung out your pain and fear
Put on ice, honey's nice
Even toothpaste's a cure
Or a pen, Epipen,
Should be always near
So you're not gone, gone, gone, gone, gone!
With one little sting!
Oh, please let me Bee
Stay out of my way
I'll freely be a friend
I'll live another day
Leave me Bee, don'tcha swat
Leave me Bee, don'tcha squash
Or I'm-a gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
With one little sting! . . . I'm-a goner!
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Tango Buzzz!
03:48
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Munching in a corn patch
A beetle scorned me,
“You think you're so cultured
But you're only just a Bee
Yes, you make honey
But your dancing? An art?
You don't sing arias like Crickets
Or write poetry that's smart!”
He sniffed and belittled
As I prepped my backside
I said, “Dance is a language
these steps, have you tried?
Dance is pure pleasure
When you vibrate your wings
A joyful art that tells so many things!”
I hop from side to side entering the hive
A hair-do dance! Stylists will arrive!
Pollen collected from my fuzz feeds new Bees
Queen Bee gets a buzz!
Zzz!
To give directions to Nectar I've spied
I do a figure eight, distance implied
If food is far I figure eight, round dance when near,
Count up the laps, when I waggle my rear!
And when new queens need to fly . . .
We dance to say, “Go date with all the guys!”
You need those eggs!
We need new kin!
We shake our butts and spin!
To find a new Hive, I spend a good half hour
To measure length and width, Up and down I scour
Buzz back to home, to chat-up this choice,
I bump, I shimmy, dancing my voice!
We scouts dance our findings, Conga lines ensue!
Describing new digs, our sisters we woo
Who wins the most dancers when they perform
Waggled the best answer, n' leads the whole swarm.
Dances for a new home.
Dances where to roam!
Dances to keep warm,
of danger 'n when to swarm!
Dances to be groomed!
Dances when to mate,
Dance a nice tune
. . . . so new queens won't be ate!
And when new queens need to fly,
We dance to say, “Go date with all the guys! “
You need those eggs! We need new kin!
We shake our butts, yes, we shake our butts and spin!
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I Need A Garden!
02:23
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I need a garden!
Doesn't have to be a lot
Can be just one spot
Grass strip or a pot
Just work with what you've got!
I need a garden!
Containers are nice
For herbs to spice
For carrots that entice
Garden Hotline gives advice!
You gotta keep it simple
Plant things that grow back
Share packets of seeds
Share a pack of plants
And if your grass gets weeds
Save bucks n energy
Cause dan-de-lions
Are good for Bees!
I need a garden!
Dig out grass from the ground
Put dirt in a mound
Plant seeds all around
Hear a sweet humming sound!
I need a garden!
A little row of peas
A big fruit tree
Lots of food for me!
Big red strawberries!
You gotta keep it simple
Plant things that grow back
Share packets of seeds
Share a pack of plants
And if your grass gets weeds
Save bucks n energy
Cause dan-de-lions
Are good for Bees!
I need a garden
Fruits and veggies to pluck
For health, it's good luck
It'll save you bucks
I need a garden, so bees won't go away!
I need a garden!
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9. |
Bonus Track - Betty Bat
01:22
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Well, we look a little scary n' we always fly by night
But you don’t have to worry ‘cause it’s only bugs we bite
We catch ‘em 'n we munch ‘em, no need for pesticide
Eat half our weight each night in bugs n' take it all in stride
Beetles and grasshoppers eatin’ all your corn and cotton
Mosquitoes carry viruses that make you feel rotten
We grab 'em still or flying with ecolocation
Then 3 to 6 months-long-in-winter s'time for hibernation
Fly 50 miles an hour 'n can live for 30 years
But we dyin’ from a fungus so we need y'all to hear
If you come into our caves
You interrupt our sleep
And bring in icky fungus
That you'll track in with yo' feet
Now here in West Seattle,
New homes would mighty please us
Could ya' build us dark houses
N' help save us from diseases?
High up off the ground, let’s say some 15 feet or so
L'help eachother not be sick n' eat n' grow
Now I say that's only fair,
Cause we're eatin' all your gnats
Us flyin' mammals in the air
By name of . . . bats!
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Ella-Bella Bee & the Pollinators Seattle, Washington
Our original musical for 2-12 yr olds & adults entertains/educates with humor & interactive songs. We received a City of Shoreline environmental grant, 4culture KC development help, and were fact checked by Cornell Univ. National Science Foundation recipient Professor Cole Gilbert. Performed at Festivals, Schools, Seattle Libraries, SCM, KC Libraries, 2020 we lost over 20 shows. Save bees now! ... more
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