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This exuberant--and cheeky-- tango describes the very real dances that bees do to communicate. There's dances to say she needs help unloading pollen, where and how far food is, what kind of a potential home she's found, that it is time for a new queen to mate and establish her own hive, and a dance to say we like this bee's idea best! You'll want to get up and join them!

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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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from Ella​-​Bella Bee & The Pollinators!, released August 12, 2022
Lyrics by Janet Rayor©2018, Music by Janet Rayor & Clayton Murray ©2018, With fantastic creative input by percussionist Don Dietrich with Sophia Hat Studio Sound Engineer Chris Spencer's great taste and magic! Thanks to Don for those hilarious castanets!

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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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