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Ella​-​Bella Bee & The Pollinators!

by Ella-Bella Bee & the Pollinators

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1.
Sister Bees 03:27
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!
3.
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!
4.
Little Bees 02:50
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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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!
7.
Tango Buzzz! 03:48
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!
8.
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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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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All about entertaining while educating about Bees and Hummingbirds--why you should care--cause they are amazing--why they make a difference--they feed us--and what you can do to make a difference! Enjoy some of the silliness, lyrical gymnastics and musical magic of this talented team!
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released August 12, 2022

Janet Rayor- Bee & Hummingbird vocals, lyrics & melodies; Clayton Murray- Bob-Bee vocals, harmonies, composer; Don Dieterich- Rob-Bee harmonies, castanets, all percussion, and drums. Photo and artwork Peter Shaw Photography. Hummingbird mask Kim David Hall. Sound Engineer Chris Spencer, SophiaHat Studio, Recorded 2022. All rights reserved.

Thanks to Jaspar Lepak who never doubted I could write this show, Cornell University entomology Professor Cole Gilbert who gave scientific okays to the lyrics, Victoria Sadowski who helped record the first rendition of the show, Victoria Millard for help with Betty Bat's song, Peter Shaw for hours of enthusiastic photo/artwork collaboration, Kim Hall for delightful inventions (Hummingbird mask and little bees), Steve Rice for publishing advice, and my sisters Diane and Linda Rayor and mother Connie Rayor who always believed in the project.

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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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