History Main / BeeBeeGun

* "Barnaby's Spelling Bees" in ''ComicBook/{{Viz}}''... one of their usual spoof characters whose schtick is that he has a swarm of killer bees that attack on command... so long as their target begins with "B". HilarityEnsues as normal.

* While the type of insect isn't specified, in ''WebComic/DeadOfSummer'', a bad guy attacks [[spoiler:[[Music/TheProtomen Commander]]]] with this. They're biting insects as opposed to stinging ones, first eating part of his clothing before attacking. Unlike some other examples, it's played seriously and frighteningly. At one point [[spoiler:Commander]] screams that they're eating him alive, and it doesn't look like he was exaggerating.

* From an Creator/EddieIzzard stand-up piece about beekeepers:
-->My father was a beekeeper, and his father was a beekeeper. And I'm going to follow in their footsteps. And their footsteps were like this: "AAAAAAAAAH! <Running Around> I'm covered in BEEEEEEEES!"
-->"I like my women like I like my coffee. Covered in beeeeeeeeeeeeees!"

---> [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130820170750/marveldatabase/images/b/bd/Champions_Vol_1_14_b.jpg What good is hellfire against fascist bees, really?]]

-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack''

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Arakune is undoubtedly the ultimate summation of this trope. After he curses his opponent with any of his Drive attacks, he can press the same button again to summon bees that repeatedly hit you and keep you juggled in the air. Worse still is the fact that if you block, you remain in blockstun until they go out of range, leaving you in a very vulnerable state as Arakune rushes in to throw you. [[HighTierScrappy No wonder he's so hated.]] [[{{Nerf}} However, in CS you will have to fill up the curse gauge before you can use the bees.]] However, because the original mechanic had the curse dissipate the next time Arakune was hit, the curse now ''lasts longer.''

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in the episode "Burns' Heir", Homer guesses that Mr. Burns's home is guarded by dogs, bees, or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs dogs with bees in their mouths]] [[MemeticMutation so that when they bark, they shoot bees at you]]. (He is incorrect. Burns just goes back inside and locks the door. A deleted scene reveals that he has a Robotic Creator/RichardSimmons guarding the manor.)

* A running gag on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' is a clip of Batman saying "A deadly bee weapon! bees, my god." from his review of Amazons Attack (see comics above). Paid off in TheMovie when Linkara discovers one on Europa and uses it to fight [[EvilCounterpart Mechakara]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Skylanders Swap Force]]'' and onward, there is a Skylander named Bumble Blast, who uses a gun to shoot bees at his enemies.

* Kariya Matou from ''LightNovel/FateZero'' uses this as his main form of attack when confronting someone personally.

* In ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', Duke Ganelon has Roland murdered by trapping him in a windowless room and then releasing a swarm of bees into it, which sting him to death.

* With the encouragement of elephant conservationists, some African farm villages have begun stringing wooden beehive boxes along wire fence lines, to fend off hungry elephants that might otherwise devastate their fields and provoke confrontations in which both humans and elephants can be killed. If the elephants disturb the fencing wire, it riles the bees - which, being ''African'' honeybees, are notoriously aggressive - and causes even the hungriest elephants to retreat, fearful of being stung in a tender spot.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' introduces the Beehive item, from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''. Throwing it at a foe causes it an unavoidable swarm of bees to attack and sting them for 2-4% damage. However, just throwing the beehive causes the swarm to attack ''you'' instead, so don't miss.

* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'', we have Tommyrod who has insect eggs in his stomach and he can hatch them at will and regurgitate them fully grown from his mouth to obey his every command. [[NightmareFuel It's every bit as nasty as it sounds]].

# An actual gun that shoots bees.

* The ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' series has a recurring Hornet Gun.

* In undoubtedly one of the creepiest parts of ''Literature/TheGirlWhoLovedTomGordon'', by Creator/StephenKing, the titular girl, who's name completely escapes me at the moment, hallucinates a "man" made of bees, possibly with a skeleton underneath. He claims to be the herald of the monster in the woods that's hunting her. [[MindScrew It's that kind of book.]] [[spoiler: The monster itself is later revealed to be a [[BearsAreBadNews a bear that spits bees]]. [[MindScrew Or just a bear.]]]]

* Both ''videoGame/Civilization V'' and the ''VideoGame/Medieval2TotalWar'' add-on feature the Mayan Hornet Thrower. See below.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Arakune is undoubtedly the ultimate summation of this trope. After he curses his opponent with any of his Drive attacks, he can press the same button again to summon, yeah, BEES! But these aren't just any bees. These are bees that repeatedly hit you and keep you juggled in the air. Worse still is the fact that if you block, you remain in blockstun until they go out of range, leaving you in a very vulnerable state as Arakune rushes in to throw you. [[TierInducedScrappy No wonder he's so hated.]] [[{{Nerf}} However, in CS you will have to fill up the curse gauge before you can use the bees.]] However, because the original mechanic had the curse dissipate the next time Arakune was hit, the curse now ''lasts longer.''

* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Swarm.JPG Swarm]] is a Creator/MarvelComics supervillain who is a sentient HiveMind swarm of bees with Nazi sympathies, generally keeping to [[TheWormThatWalks a humanoid form]]. Sometimes the skeleton of the Nazi scientist eaten by his [[ILoveNuclearPower irradiated mutant bee colony]] is under the bees, sometimes not. Either way, he appears to be in charge.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2324 SCP-2324]], which is ''almost'' Type 5, except with humans instead of dogs. It can also sneeze corrosive honey.

* ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulk'' had the Enclave (A Secret Society of {{Mad Scientist}}s) attacking the titular Hulk with a wide variety of weapons. Including The Swarm, which are... swarms. Of presumably bio-engineered bees. They are actually effective against the friggin' ''Hulk'', who's proven capable of shrugging off nuclear weapons. Fortunately, his signature 'hand clap' attack is effective at dispersing the little buggers...

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->''"An Amazon attack. A deadly '''bee''' weapon... Bees. My god."''
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack''

* One recurring character in the {{Dada Comic|s}} ''[[http://www.witchsbrew.org/ Witch's Brew]]'' is Twenty Bees Man, a sort-of superhero with a beehive for a head and the ability to summon twenty bees to do his bidding.

* Subverted in a sidestory of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Beeman prepares one of these, but it's not very effective because he loaded it too far in advance and all the bees died.
* While the type of insect isn't specified, in ''WebComic/DeadOfSummer'', a bad guy attacks [[spoiler:[[Music/TheProtomen Commander]]]] with this. They're biting insects as opposed to stinging ones, first eating part of his clothing before attacking. Unlike some other examples, it's played seriously and frighteningly. At one point [[spoiler:Commander]] screams that they're eating him alive, and it doesn't look like he was exaggerating.
* In ''Webcomic/SherlokHolms,'' [[spoiler:Jadusable]] has bee-inator eyebeams, which [[InvertedTrope turn people into bees]]. [[spoiler: The idiot's [[ToodumbToLive allergic to bee stings.]]]]

* Subverted in [[http://angryflower.com/beesan.gif a strip from]] ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower''. Bob tries to use chemical and light signals to control a swarm of "supersonic hyper-bees" to use as a weapon of mass destruction. This backfires on him when, being a talking flower, the bees change course and swarm over him... and then it turns out that they're evidently disinclined to fight and just wanted to borrow his pen to write a novel.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' AlternateRealityGame ''ARG/ILoveBees'', one-half of a fractured combat A.I. is sent back in time, finding its way to a website about bees and honey. Everything about it, up until the conclusion, revolved around... well, you can guess.
* ''WebVideo/CelebrityBricABracTheater'' features a swarm of bees terrorizing the Burning Man festival [[spoiler: at the behest of old man Bill Cosby!]]

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2324 SCP-2324]], which is ''almost'' Type 5, except with humans instead of dogs. It can also sneeze corrosive honey.

* On ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'', The Terrible Thunderlizards use these as FamilyFriendlyFirearms to hunt humans. Their arsenal extends to include grenades, rocket launchers and high yield bombs, all filled with bees. Despite their destructive potential, these weapons don't seem incredibly lethal, although they do reduce their victims to screaming in utter panic.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]] becomes a ''literal'' Bee Bee Gun in ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' after he accidentally eats a handful of bees when eating honey straight out of a honey tree. As he's spitting out bees, Pooh decides to have a little fun by pulling his arm back like a trigger and shooting bees out of his mouth like a gun going ''"bang bang"''.