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* ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'': [[MemeticMutation You knew this was coming...]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Dungeonmans}}'' loves bees:
** Some of the most deadly enemies early on are bees. Some sting you at a distance, some charge you and do heavy melee damage, others are carpenter bees that build up fortifications and restrict movement.
** The Scroll of Bees Please! Fires a wave of bees in a cone shape and is effective in the early game.
** Pets can learn a skill that fires a cone of bees just like the scroll.
** Some of the most deadly enemies early on are bees. Some sting you at a distance, some charge you and do heavy melee damage, others are carpenter bees that build up fortifications and restrict movement.
** The Scroll of Bees Please! Fires a wave of bees in a cone shape and is effective in the early game.
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** Some of the most deadly enemies early on are bees. Some sting you at a distance, some charge you and do heavy melee damage, others are carpenter bees that build up fortifications and restrict movement.
** The Scroll of Bees Please! Fires a wave of bees in a cone shape and is effective in the early game.
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* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': Giant Bees are a possible enemy in the type of the first set of overworld enemy batches.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Ash and Misty spend most of their time in Viridian Forest trying to evade swarms of predatory Beedrill, which Ash finally puts down when his Metapod evolves into a Butterfree and drops them with a massive cloud of Sleep Powder.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Ash and Misty spend most Beedrill (mentioned below in Video Games) have appeared multiple times in the anime. The vast majority of their time those times, they appear in Viridian Forest trying to evade swarms of predatory Beedrill, which Ash finally puts down when his Metapod evolves into as a Butterfree threat to hero and drops them with a massive cloud of Sleep Powder.villain alike (often after being disturbed in some form).
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* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In "The Thirsty Stone" (''Zoot Comics'' #12), Tombo is following Rulah across the jungle via VineSwing when the vine snaps and he lands on top of a set of bee hives. Pursued by an angry swarm of bees, he has to dive into the river to escape them.
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* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog frequently faced various [[MechanicalInsects bee-based Badniks]] over the course of his adventures:
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* ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}: Killer bees occasionally show up in Jungle biomes when a hive spawns and will try to attack the player via contact. They only have 1 HP but their unpredictable flight pattern makes them harder to hit. Fortunately, they won't poison you. The Queen Bee is bigger and has much more health and drops Royal Jelly that give a huge amount of HP.
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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Buzzers are common enemies found in [[TheLostWoods the Forest Maze]], which attempt to attack Mario and his party by flying stinger-first into them. Stingers are a stronger variant found later in the game, but otherwise behave in the same way.
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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPGLegendOfTheSevenStars'': Buzzers are common enemies found in [[TheLostWoods the Forest Maze]], which attempt to attack Mario and his party by flying stinger-first into them. Stingers are a stronger variant found later in the game, but otherwise behave in the same way.
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** Normally [[AvertedTrope averted]] with regular bees, which will only attack the player if aggroed (such as by attacking them or their hive). In the ''Reign of Giants'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]], however, during the Spring season, bees will turn aggressive, and attack if the player gets close.
** Played straight with [[UndergroundMonkey killer bees]], which will [[ZergRush attack the player in large swarms]] at the slightest provocation, such as by simply being close to their hive, and can [[DeathOfAThousandCuts seriously damage them]] if not careful enough.
** Normally [[AvertedTrope averted]] with regular bees, which will only attack the player if aggroed (such as by attacking them or their hive). In the ''Reign of Giants'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]], however, during the Spring season, bees will turn aggressive, and attack if the player gets close.
** Played straight with [[UndergroundMonkey killer bees]], which will [[ZergRush attack the player in large swarms]] at the slightest provocation, such as by simply being close to their hive, and can [[DeathOfAThousandCuts seriously damage them]] if not careful enough.
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* ''VideoGame/XenaWarriorPrincess'': One level has a beehive filled with killer bees, which will chase after Xena and kill her on the spot if she failed to outrun the swarm. However, the bees are also the only weak spot of the [[BeefGate ogre at the bridge]] -- to proceed, lure the killer bees to follow Xena until they're close to the ogre, at which point the bees will attack the ogre instead allowing Xena to exit the level.
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* ''VideoGame/XenaWarriorPrincess'': One level has a beehive filled with killer bees, which will chase after Xena and kill her on the spot if she failed to outrun the swarm. However, the bees are also the only weak spot of the [[BeefGate ogre at the bridge]] -- to proceed, lure the killer bees to follow Xena until they're close to the ogre, at which point the bees will attack the ogre instead allowing Xena to exit the level.
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* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
** ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' features Buttonbees, aggressive yellow members of the Buttonfly family who attack Kirby with their stingers.
** ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' serves as the debut appearance for Pierces, yellow airborne [[BladeOnAStick spear-wielding]] bee enemies that can be sucked up and swallowed for Spear Copy Ability.
** ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' features Buttonbees, aggressive yellow members of the Buttonfly family who attack Kirby with their stingers.
** ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' serves as the debut appearance for Pierces, yellow airborne [[BladeOnAStick spear-wielding]] bee enemies that can be sucked up and swallowed for Spear Copy Ability.
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Compare WickedWasps, bees' even meaner cousings, and AntAssault for another troublesome members of ''Hymenoptera'' order. Often overlaps with ScaryStingingSwarm and BeeBeeGun. Contrast VirtuousBees, where bees are depicted as pleasant instead.
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* ''VideoGame/SeriousSamII'' has the end boss of the Magnor levels, Zum-Zum, a giant bee who doubles as MookMaker by sending small swarms of smaller bees towards Sam during the boss fight.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Budgom}}'': Levels 4, 5, 6 and 7 all feature bees in one of three varieties (plus the Queen Bee boss in level 7), all of which are out to get Rollie.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** On the show's old website, one of the random lines that Stewie could say when you view the main page:
--->'''Stewie:''' How did you find me? Who sent you? You shall pay dearly for this intrusion! Release the Africanized bees!
** In "Roads to Vegas", before the second commercial break, [[FatIdiot Peter]] is shown about to attempt to get the honey out of a beehive. Thankfully, we don't see the aftermath.
** In "Gronkowsbees", Stewie and Brian start a bee farm and decide to give the bees steroids to boost honey production, making them very strong and very angry.
** On the show's old website, one of the random lines that Stewie could say when you view the main page:
--->'''Stewie:''' How did you find me? Who sent you? You shall pay dearly for this intrusion! Release the Africanized bees!
** In "Roads to Vegas", before the second commercial break, [[FatIdiot Peter]] is shown about to attempt to get the honey out of a beehive. Thankfully, we don't see the aftermath.
** In "Gronkowsbees", Stewie and Brian start a bee farm and decide to give the bees steroids to boost honey production, making them very strong and very angry.
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** In the episode "To Bee Or Not To Bee", Petropolis gets attacked by Killer Bees, who were created by Keswick and his friends long time ago when they were [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy loopy from]] [[DrunkOnMilk Amazon's jungle water]]. Led by Wanna-Bee's brother, Rumble Bee, they attack people with [[EnergyWeapon lasers fired from stingers]] and intend to use the device known as Sting-Ray to turn all of Petropolis' citizens into "zom-bees".
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'''s first ever challenge path was "Bees Hate You". In this run, not only are angry bees out to get you, so is ''[[WorldOfPun the letter "b"]]'', which means you can't use any items containing the letter "b" and wearing equipment containing the letter damages you every turn.
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* One of the enemies from the ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' games are bees. The first type in the first game aren't anything special aside from flying back and fourth and hurting the player when he touches them. The second type in the first game are armed with laser canons. The bees from the third game are much more agressive and hard to avoid as they actively chase the player to sting them when they are close enough to the bees.
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Just as often as they can be seen portrayed [[VirtuousBees positively]], bees can as easily be depicted in negative light. Their intimidating black-and-yellow coloration, painful stings, aggressive and overly territorial nature, tendency to [[ScaryStingingSwarm attack in swarms]], and their sheer determination in pursuing the perceived thrhttps://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeeAfraid?action=editeats to their hive left a long-lasting impression of a dangerous insect that should not be messed with.
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* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', the protagonist Tip Wilkin is deathly afraid of his boss, Gavotte, because he is allergic, and she is a [[HiveMind swarm of bees.]] She can be quite scary if you're not on her good side, too.
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* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', the protagonist Tip Wilkin is deathly afraid of his boss, Gavotte, because he is allergic, and she is a [[HiveMind swarm of bees.]] She can be quite scary if you're not on her good side, too.
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* In the BatmanColdOpen of "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6197915/1/Danny-Phantom-A-Family-Thing A Family Thing]]" from the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', Danny and Sam take on a giant ghost bee. In addition to proving to be a bit of a challenge, it was also shown to be dangerous to the environment when it sucked an entire flower bed dry of its nutrients.
-->'''Sam:''' I'm all about bees being essential to the enviroment and all, but only when they're from, oh you know...OUR OWN PLANE OF EXISTENCE!
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* In the BatmanColdOpen of "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6197915/1/Danny-Phantom-A-Family-Thing A Family Thing]]" from the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', Danny and Sam take on a giant ghost bee. In addition to proving to be a bit of a challenge, it was also shown to be dangerous to the environment when it sucked an entire flower bed dry of its nutrients.
-->'''Sam:''' I'm all about bees being essential to the enviroment and all, but only when they're from, oh you know...OUR OWN PLANE OF EXISTENCE!
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* The ''Series/Arrowverse'' version of the villainous Bug-Eyed Bandit is entirely bee themed, with a swarm of dangerous, robotic bees at her disposal.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Pun}} Bee-ware]] of the ScaryStingingSwarm [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal soaring straight into the slaughter with spears and swords and shields!]]]]
[[ComicBook/AmazonsAttack Bees]]. [[MemeticMutation My God.]]
Just as often as they can be seen portrayed [[VirtuousBees positively]], bees can as easily be depicted in negative light. Their intimidating black-and-yellow coloration, painful stings, aggressive and overly territorial nature, tendency to [[ScaryStingingSwarm attack in swarms]], and their sheer determination in pursuing the perceived threats to their hive left a long-lasting impression of a dangerous insect that should not be messed with.
As such, it's not uncommon to see bees depicted as menacing and dangerous. If they are non-sapient, they will be featured as aggressive, vicious animals, often known to attack in swarms en-masse; while sapient bees can range from simple bullies to vile totalitarian {{Control Freak}}s obsessed with bringing everything and everyone under their control. Characters with bee motifs, whether simply using the imagery or actually closely associated with bees, are not always pleasant, either.
Can often be seen in the HornetHole or living in {{Stock Beehive}}s. May be under the HiveMind.
Compare WickedWasps, bees' even meaner cousings, and AntAssault for another troublesome members of ''Hymenoptera'' order. Often overlaps with ScaryStingingSwarm and BeeBeeGun. Contrast VirtuousBees, where bees are depicted as pleasant instead.
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* ''Manga/CityHunter'': Kazue's late fiancé was duped into creating bees with such a toxic venom they can kill ten men with one sting, and then [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he was murdered]]. In order to avenge him, she is trying to create a cure (too bad her first test cure caused impotence and Ryo got stung by a bee).
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': In Chapter 269, the Yorozuya trio is hired to exterminate a gigantic beehive... which ends up being filled with alien half-man, half-bee gangsters. They manage to spare themselves a stinging by agreeing to find a replacement queen after their original died in an accident caused from Kagura kicking the hive, only to provoke the wrath of two other similar hives when Gintoki accidentally knocks them down. It ultimately ends up being subverted when it turns out that three bee colonies are sworn enemies and decide to fight with each other instead of going after the ones who wrecked their hives.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Ash and Misty spend most of their time in Viridian Forest trying to evade swarms of predatory Beedrill, which Ash finally puts down when his Metapod evolves into a Butterfree and drops them with a massive cloud of Sleep Powder.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' features several bee-based cards, depicting them in dangerous light.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/307/killer-bees?utm_source=mci Killer Bees]] depicts a special crossbreed of bees that went beyond just stinging people and figured out how to forge metallic weapons.
--->''The communal mind produces a savage strategy, yet no one could predict that this vicious crossbreed would unravel the secret of steel.''
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/tsp/231/unyaro-bees?utm_source=mci Unyaro Bees]] are especially dangerous and vicious species of bees that spread itself across entire Dominaria once their home jungle was destroyed.
--->''With no jungle left to contain it, the [[ScaryStingingSwarm "plague of daggers"]] spread across Dominaria.''
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* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' DC Comics story ''Bee Ball!'' is about the giant bees who are allegedly mutants created by a local bee farmer (however, as one would expect, they turn out to be a ScoobyDooHoax).
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* There was a swarm of bad [[RunningGag B-movies]] about Killer Bees back in the '70s.
** ''Film/TheSwarm'' (1978), starring Creator/MichaelCaine, has killer bees invading Texas. There are scenes of them dropping helicopters, crashing a train and making a nuclear plant explode.
** Several [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV movies]]:
*** ''Killer Bees'' (1974), in which Creator/GloriaSwanson (yes, [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]] herself) plays the bees' ruler.
*** ''The Savage Bees'' (1976) and its sequel ''Terror Out of the Sky'' (1978)
*** ''The Bees'' (1978)
** Back in 1967 there was ''Film/TheDeadlyBees'', known mostly today for [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E05TheDeadlyBees being featured]] on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
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* ''Series/BlackMirror'': "[[Recap/BlackMirrorHatedInTheNation Hated in the Nation]]" plays with this trope. The "bees" are actual replacement [[MechanicalInsects mechanical bees]] due to depopulation -- and they are being reprogrammed so they could drive themselves into people's brains to murder them, often so painfully that their victims kill themselves mid-attack to make it stop.
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'': In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E18Zzzzz ZZZZZ]]", the queen of a hive of intelligent bees takes human form in order to mate with an entomologist and create a HalfHumanHybrid race that will TakeOverTheWorld. When the entomologist's wife interferes, the queen sics a swarm on her in order to MurderTheHypotenuse.
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* ''VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1989'' has bees as a constant enemy during the street levels.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has bee enemies in Insectia and Splot named [[PunnyName Bee-52]] in the manual. Being AirborneMooks, they were [[GoddamnedBats incredibly annoying]] to fight -- some of them even appeared out of nowhere to ambush Bug! There's even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFBwRnf3ZUQ#t=06m02s entire areas filled with them]]!
* ''VideoGame/BugFables'':
** {{Subverted|trope}} with flesh-and-blood bees, as they are not enemies in the game. However, according to Vi, they did mock and bully her for wishing to be an adventurer instead of an artist or maintenance worker, yet when she returns in the Hive, the queen welcomes her back with open arms and other bees don't seem to mind her being an adventurer, though some, like her elder sister Jaune and her former boss Malbee, had to be convinced to accept her newfound role.
** Played straight with Bee-Boops, [[MechanicalInsects robotic bee-like drones]], who went out of control during emergency and would attack anything on sight, and their larger version, Heavy Drone B-33, that aims to destroy anyone it interprets as a threat to the factory core.
** Also played straight with [[spoiler:[[ParasiteZombie Zombees]], cordyceps-infused undead bees who were created as experiments of the [[MadScientist Roach Scientists]] in their quest for [[ImmortalityImmorality immortality]].]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Cataclysm}}'' has giant mutant bees and wasps. They are a major threat, especially for poorly-equipped characters.
* ''VideoGame/CrayonChronicles'' has [[PunnyName Spelling Bees]], which are bespectacled bees.
* ''VideoGame/CrystalsPonyTale'' has giant bees dropping drop honey on you, which are accompanied by Rimski-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee".
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': Queen Bee Rumor Honeybottoms is very dangerous and is not handing over her Soul Contract without a fight... especially when her [[RiseToTheChallenge flooding honey attempts to drown you]].
* ''VideoGame/DarkStalkers'': Soul Bees feed on people's souls to survive.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' and its sequel have Zingers as enemies, giant bees in multiple varieties that appear all over the place in levels. Many serve as bosses too, and there's that one in the terrifying chase scene in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' replaces Zingers with Buzzes and features a level in which the player must outrun a swarm of miniature bees. Completing it within one minute and fifteen seconds unlocks a bonus area.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'': Zingers return and come in three versions: one that appears in DK Isles and the earlier levels and only attacks by charging at the Kongs, another that appears in the other levels and drops explosive green oranges, and a mechanical version found in Frantic Factory that is similar to the later Zingers but usually takes two hits to destroy.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' has the Buzzies, enormous chubby bees with a mean-looking face that chase after Donkey Kong to sting them. To put their size into perspective they are ''as big as DK himself''.
* ''VideoGame/DonPachi'': Hibachi, the TrueFinalBoss, is a giant bee that [[BulletHell seems to shoot every bullet ever fired in World War II at you]] while she's [[InfernalRetaliation on fire]]. And Hibachi's theme song in ''Daioujou'' has extremely rapid guitar noises [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvQdhgocOl4 designed to sound like buzzing bees]] as the harmony.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' has the Honeybeast, a mutated bee [[BigCreepyCrawlies the size of a car]] that has beehives on it that can [[BeeBeeGun launch regular-sized bees]] to attack you. Fortunately, due to [[SquareCubeLaw its massive size]], it is [[MightyGlacier also much slower]], and because it's too heavy to fly, it can't sting you either, though it can still bite you in half.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has bees and wasps in certain dungeons that are no more menacing than the average monster, but they may unleash a LastDitchMove called Final Sting, which will do a ''lot'' of damage. The attack will very likely kill anyone that is not a tank and even tank players can be taken out by Final Sting if their HP isn't full. A dungeon in the Heavensward expansion has a massive beehive you have to go through and, naturally, the boss in that area is a giant bee with several lesser bees that aids it in battle.
* ''VideoGame/ForgeQuest'': One of the first enemies that you face in the game is bees about as big as the PlayerCharacter.
* ''VideoGame/GianaSistersDS'': Hymenoptera enemies come in two kinds: regular Bees who simply fly back and forth; and Killer Bees who float stationary as perpetually firing their grenade launchers.
* ''Videogame/HarmoKnight'' makes you have a ''boss battle'' with a giant robotic bee. The bee's name is [[spoiler:[[PunnyName Buzzoka]]]], which makes sense since he shoots out [[GoddamnedBats smaller bees]] at you.
* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'': Bees are common enemies in [[HornetHole the Hive]], willing to protect it to death against anything they perceive as a threat, and they succumbed to the Infection much like everything else in Hallownest. There are three types of bee enemies: Hivelings, small bees who carry out simple tasks; Hive Soldiers, who attack the Knight with their spinning drill-like stingers; and Hive Guardians, [[GiantMook giant bees]] who attack everything by smashing it with their huge bodies. There is also a boss bee named Hive Knight, a bipedal wingless bee who compensates his lack of flight with huge speed and powerful nail-wielding skills.
* ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass'': As the first bit of SurpriseCreepy, when returning to the Buddy Beehive and find it's suddenly turned into a nightmarish labyrinth of [[spoiler:undead mutated]] bees, to be fought instead of the friendly ones from earlier.
* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo'': In ''Kao The Kangaroo: Round 2'', the first level has bees that will hit the ground where you just stood, and will remain stuck there for a brief moment so you can attack them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'': The killer bees attack in large groups, fast and has a poisonous sting. A good tactic against them is to fight them in corridors, as being a rougelike, one square can only be occupied by one monster regardless of size.
* ''Videogame/{{Oddworld}}: Abe's Oddysee'' has killer bees as a puzzle obstacle. They'll kill you if you stand still, and once they start chasing you the ''only'' way to get rid of them is to pass them off to [[PowerUpMount Elum]] or another Mudokon (who strangely will survive).
* ''VideoGame/OffspringFling'' has these as an enemy, first appearing around level 51.
* ''VideoGame/{{Phoenotopia}}'' and ''VideoGame/PhoenotopiaAwakening'' have the Bull Bees. In the Sunflower area they are mostly peaceful, but will chase you if they see you kill one. Their overworld encounters in ''Awakening'' are aggro to begin with.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** Beedrill is a giant poison bee with three large stingers and is more offensive than its traditional counterpart Butterfree, but it [[SubvertedTrope isn't too bad]] due to its status as a CrutchCharacter and being nigh-on useless after the early parts of the game. Then ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire]]'' gave it a [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]], which [[TookALevelInBadass not only makes it look far more menacing, but also buffs its Attack and Speed up to near-legendary levels while giving it the STAB-boosting Adaptability ability]]. [[FromNobodyToNightmare Bee VERY afraid]].
** Vespiquen is a queen bee whose exoskeleton is shaped like wax cells to house its pre-evolved form, Combee. It has three [[SecretArt signature moves]]: Heal Order has Vesipquen's underlings heal her, Defend Order has them form a protective shield, and Attack Order sets a swarm of angry bees on Vespiquen's enemies.
* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog frequently faced various [[MechanicalInsects bee-based Badniks]] over the course of his adventures:
** Buzz Bombers (called Beetons in original Japanese version) are the recurring {{airborne|Mook}} Badniks modelled after bees (though some materials refer to them as [[WickedWasps wasps]] instead) who fire lasers at the titular blue hedgehog whenever they spot him.
** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' features the debut of the new type of Badniks, called simply Robot Bees (or Poh Bees in Japanese). In place of stingers, they have either cannons or {{Epic Flail}}s.
** The first boss fight of ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' pits Sonic against [[spoiler:illusionary]] Zavok riding on the giant mechanical [[InsectQueen queen bee]], called the Death Queen. It possesses six laser cannons in place of legs, extremely sharp stinger, and jet boosters that allow it to charge at Sonic stinger-open. It can also [[FlunkyBoss call forth]] the Buzz Bombers, either as mooks to fight or as [[ActionBomb kamikaze bombers]].
* ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' has the titanic, spacefaring Chorister Bees, which attack in huge swarms and produce music with their wings. Notably, the floral town of Titania, being built on top of a gigantic flower, has very serious problems with these creatures which often ravage it.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'': Bzzap! are anthropomorphic bee-like enemies found in the Flower Fields and the Forever Forest. They attack by stinging Mario or by summoning swarms of smaller bees to attack him.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' have Stingbies, large bees with a stinger on their "nose" that appear in some grass-type levels, and attack by simply trying to fly into Mario. They also appear in the battle stage Honeybee Hive in ''VideoGame/MarioKart7''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' has the Bunbun, spear-wielding giant bees that throw their weapons at Mario.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' has the normal-sized Bibi and the bigger Buuichi (both exclusive to [[TreeTrunkTour Tree Zone]]), giant bees that attack with their stingers. Bibi fly around and chase Mario down, while the Buuichi stay in one place and attempt to crush Mario when he approaches it from below. There are also the stronger, skull-headed Skeleton Bees found later in the level.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Buzzers are common enemies found in [[TheLostWoods the Forest Maze]], which attempt to attack Mario and his party by flying stinger-first into them. Stingers are a stronger variant found later in the game, but otherwise behave in the same way.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has wild bees guarding beehives attached to tropical trees. Yoshi can eat them one by one and, in some cases, when all of them are eaten, either a blue coin or an extra life will appear.
* ''VideoGame/SuzyCube'': One of the enemy types you encounter are giant cube-shaped bees.
* ''VideoGame/TargetAcquired2016'': One of the MechaMooks [[PlayerCharacter Yura]] faces while chasing [[BigBad Cammy]] includes giant robot bees.
* ''VideoGame/TaskMaker'': Zig-zagged. Worker Bees have a Good alignment and nearly no health or attack, while Giant Hornet, Giant Wasp, and Giant Killer Bee are monsters.
* ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'': The BigBad is Capital B, a giant CorruptCorporateExecutive bee.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': Spike the Bee (also known as Buzz-Buzz or Barrington) is a frequent tormentor of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, first debuting in ''Window Cleaners'' short and then going on to co-star with Donald in no less than seven shorts (and with [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]] in one short). In these shorts, the two frequently end up in conflict for one reason or another, and most of the time, it results in Spike trying to sting Donald. However, it's subverted in one of the last shorts, called "Let's Stick Together", as Donald and Spike finish the picture as good friends.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]" revolves around an attempt to get space honey from space bees, which are "as large as a Buick and twice as ugly", and whose sting is deadly at best and capable of inducing fatal BodyHorror in the allergic. The Professor has apparently sent several crews to their death getting their honey. One of the {{Christmas Episode}}s episode has the bees return, though they're distracted by in-fighting. Then Hermes uses the magic of Kwanzaa to unify them again, and [[KillEmAll things quickly go south]]. [[Recap/FuturamaS1E1SpacePilot3000 The very first episode]] claimed the last crew were ingested by space wasps (possibly a misnomer for the space bees mentioned above).
-->'''Leela:''' What happened to the last crew?
-->'''Professor:''' Oh those poor sons of b-- but that's not important!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'': In "Valley of the Giants", Majors and Quinn were kidnapped by giant, pickup truck-sized bees and imprisoned in a wall of wax.
* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' features giant mutant bees as [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] of the episode "Hive". They were mutated and grown to {{Kaiju}} sizes by irradiated lava. They are capable of firing their stingers like projectiles, and their [[InsectQueen queen]] can even quickly regrow lost stingers, which allows her to fire them akin to a machine gun. Said queen also returns in the "Monster Wars" three-parter under control of the aliens, where she was sent to attack Moscow, but was finally killed when the aliens lost their control of monsters.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': In "War of the Bee Battalion", criminals force a scientist who has created a growth ray for honeybees to use the device to attack Metropolis.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'': Zizza is a Decepticon that transforms into a giant mechanical bee, and she can use her toxins to brainwash humans and Cybertronians alike to make them her slaves.
* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'':
** Wanna-Bee is a bee member of F.L.O.P.P., a group of wannabe criminals whose [[PokeThePoodle "crimes"]] are not as bad as they think (though in the end they [[NotSoHarmlessVillain do prove themselves to be a threat]] by using lost D.O.O.M. technology). Wanna-Bee in particular is very enthusiastic about [[CardCarryingVillain being "super bad"]]. In fact, in several episodes when F.L.O.P.P. is OutOfFocus, he himself goes solo as a supervillain, with his crimes becoming more dangerous than as a F.L.O.P.P. member.
** In the episode "To Bee Or Not To Bee", Petropolis gets attacked by Killer Bees, who were created by Keswick and his friends long time ago when they were [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy loopy from]] [[DrunkOnMilk Amazon's jungle water]]. Led by Wanna-Bee's brother, Rumble Bee, they attack people with [[EnergyWeapon lasers fired from stingers]] and intend to use the device known as Sting-Ray to turn all of Petropolis' citizens into "zom-bees".
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[[ComicBook/AmazonsAttack Bees]]. [[MemeticMutation My God.]]
Just as often as they can be seen portrayed [[VirtuousBees positively]], bees can as easily be depicted in negative light. Their intimidating black-and-yellow coloration, painful stings, aggressive and overly territorial nature, tendency to [[ScaryStingingSwarm attack in swarms]], and their sheer determination in pursuing the perceived threats to their hive left a long-lasting impression of a dangerous insect that should not be messed with.
As such, it's not uncommon to see bees depicted as menacing and dangerous. If they are non-sapient, they will be featured as aggressive, vicious animals, often known to attack in swarms en-masse; while sapient bees can range from simple bullies to vile totalitarian {{Control Freak}}s obsessed with bringing everything and everyone under their control. Characters with bee motifs, whether simply using the imagery or actually closely associated with bees, are not always pleasant, either.
Can often be seen in the HornetHole or living in {{Stock Beehive}}s. May be under the HiveMind.
Compare WickedWasps, bees' even meaner cousings, and AntAssault for another troublesome members of ''Hymenoptera'' order. Often overlaps with ScaryStingingSwarm and BeeBeeGun. Contrast VirtuousBees, where bees are depicted as pleasant instead.
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* ''Manga/CityHunter'': Kazue's late fiancé was duped into creating bees with such a toxic venom they can kill ten men with one sting, and then [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he was murdered]]. In order to avenge him, she is trying to create a cure (too bad her first test cure caused impotence and Ryo got stung by a bee).
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': In Chapter 269, the Yorozuya trio is hired to exterminate a gigantic beehive... which ends up being filled with alien half-man, half-bee gangsters. They manage to spare themselves a stinging by agreeing to find a replacement queen after their original died in an accident caused from Kagura kicking the hive, only to provoke the wrath of two other similar hives when Gintoki accidentally knocks them down. It ultimately ends up being subverted when it turns out that three bee colonies are sworn enemies and decide to fight with each other instead of going after the ones who wrecked their hives.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Ash and Misty spend most of their time in Viridian Forest trying to evade swarms of predatory Beedrill, which Ash finally puts down when his Metapod evolves into a Butterfree and drops them with a massive cloud of Sleep Powder.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' features several bee-based cards, depicting them in dangerous light.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/307/killer-bees?utm_source=mci Killer Bees]] depicts a special crossbreed of bees that went beyond just stinging people and figured out how to forge metallic weapons.
--->''The communal mind produces a savage strategy, yet no one could predict that this vicious crossbreed would unravel the secret of steel.''
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/tsp/231/unyaro-bees?utm_source=mci Unyaro Bees]] are especially dangerous and vicious species of bees that spread itself across entire Dominaria once their home jungle was destroyed.
--->''With no jungle left to contain it, the [[ScaryStingingSwarm "plague of daggers"]] spread across Dominaria.''
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* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' DC Comics story ''Bee Ball!'' is about the giant bees who are allegedly mutants created by a local bee farmer (however, as one would expect, they turn out to be a ScoobyDooHoax).
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* There was a swarm of bad [[RunningGag B-movies]] about Killer Bees back in the '70s.
** ''Film/TheSwarm'' (1978), starring Creator/MichaelCaine, has killer bees invading Texas. There are scenes of them dropping helicopters, crashing a train and making a nuclear plant explode.
** Several [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV movies]]:
*** ''Killer Bees'' (1974), in which Creator/GloriaSwanson (yes, [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]] herself) plays the bees' ruler.
*** ''The Savage Bees'' (1976) and its sequel ''Terror Out of the Sky'' (1978)
*** ''The Bees'' (1978)
** Back in 1967 there was ''Film/TheDeadlyBees'', known mostly today for [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E05TheDeadlyBees being featured]] on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
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* ''Series/BlackMirror'': "[[Recap/BlackMirrorHatedInTheNation Hated in the Nation]]" plays with this trope. The "bees" are actual replacement [[MechanicalInsects mechanical bees]] due to depopulation -- and they are being reprogrammed so they could drive themselves into people's brains to murder them, often so painfully that their victims kill themselves mid-attack to make it stop.
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'': In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E18Zzzzz ZZZZZ]]", the queen of a hive of intelligent bees takes human form in order to mate with an entomologist and create a HalfHumanHybrid race that will TakeOverTheWorld. When the entomologist's wife interferes, the queen sics a swarm on her in order to MurderTheHypotenuse.
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* ''VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1989'' has bees as a constant enemy during the street levels.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has bee enemies in Insectia and Splot named [[PunnyName Bee-52]] in the manual. Being AirborneMooks, they were [[GoddamnedBats incredibly annoying]] to fight -- some of them even appeared out of nowhere to ambush Bug! There's even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFBwRnf3ZUQ#t=06m02s entire areas filled with them]]!
* ''VideoGame/BugFables'':
** {{Subverted|trope}} with flesh-and-blood bees, as they are not enemies in the game. However, according to Vi, they did mock and bully her for wishing to be an adventurer instead of an artist or maintenance worker, yet when she returns in the Hive, the queen welcomes her back with open arms and other bees don't seem to mind her being an adventurer, though some, like her elder sister Jaune and her former boss Malbee, had to be convinced to accept her newfound role.
** Played straight with Bee-Boops, [[MechanicalInsects robotic bee-like drones]], who went out of control during emergency and would attack anything on sight, and their larger version, Heavy Drone B-33, that aims to destroy anyone it interprets as a threat to the factory core.
** Also played straight with [[spoiler:[[ParasiteZombie Zombees]], cordyceps-infused undead bees who were created as experiments of the [[MadScientist Roach Scientists]] in their quest for [[ImmortalityImmorality immortality]].]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Cataclysm}}'' has giant mutant bees and wasps. They are a major threat, especially for poorly-equipped characters.
* ''VideoGame/CrayonChronicles'' has [[PunnyName Spelling Bees]], which are bespectacled bees.
* ''VideoGame/CrystalsPonyTale'' has giant bees dropping drop honey on you, which are accompanied by Rimski-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee".
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': Queen Bee Rumor Honeybottoms is very dangerous and is not handing over her Soul Contract without a fight... especially when her [[RiseToTheChallenge flooding honey attempts to drown you]].
* ''VideoGame/DarkStalkers'': Soul Bees feed on people's souls to survive.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' and its sequel have Zingers as enemies, giant bees in multiple varieties that appear all over the place in levels. Many serve as bosses too, and there's that one in the terrifying chase scene in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' replaces Zingers with Buzzes and features a level in which the player must outrun a swarm of miniature bees. Completing it within one minute and fifteen seconds unlocks a bonus area.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'': Zingers return and come in three versions: one that appears in DK Isles and the earlier levels and only attacks by charging at the Kongs, another that appears in the other levels and drops explosive green oranges, and a mechanical version found in Frantic Factory that is similar to the later Zingers but usually takes two hits to destroy.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' has the Buzzies, enormous chubby bees with a mean-looking face that chase after Donkey Kong to sting them. To put their size into perspective they are ''as big as DK himself''.
* ''VideoGame/DonPachi'': Hibachi, the TrueFinalBoss, is a giant bee that [[BulletHell seems to shoot every bullet ever fired in World War II at you]] while she's [[InfernalRetaliation on fire]]. And Hibachi's theme song in ''Daioujou'' has extremely rapid guitar noises [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvQdhgocOl4 designed to sound like buzzing bees]] as the harmony.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' has the Honeybeast, a mutated bee [[BigCreepyCrawlies the size of a car]] that has beehives on it that can [[BeeBeeGun launch regular-sized bees]] to attack you. Fortunately, due to [[SquareCubeLaw its massive size]], it is [[MightyGlacier also much slower]], and because it's too heavy to fly, it can't sting you either, though it can still bite you in half.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has bees and wasps in certain dungeons that are no more menacing than the average monster, but they may unleash a LastDitchMove called Final Sting, which will do a ''lot'' of damage. The attack will very likely kill anyone that is not a tank and even tank players can be taken out by Final Sting if their HP isn't full. A dungeon in the Heavensward expansion has a massive beehive you have to go through and, naturally, the boss in that area is a giant bee with several lesser bees that aids it in battle.
* ''VideoGame/ForgeQuest'': One of the first enemies that you face in the game is bees about as big as the PlayerCharacter.
* ''VideoGame/GianaSistersDS'': Hymenoptera enemies come in two kinds: regular Bees who simply fly back and forth; and Killer Bees who float stationary as perpetually firing their grenade launchers.
* ''Videogame/HarmoKnight'' makes you have a ''boss battle'' with a giant robotic bee. The bee's name is [[spoiler:[[PunnyName Buzzoka]]]], which makes sense since he shoots out [[GoddamnedBats smaller bees]] at you.
* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'': Bees are common enemies in [[HornetHole the Hive]], willing to protect it to death against anything they perceive as a threat, and they succumbed to the Infection much like everything else in Hallownest. There are three types of bee enemies: Hivelings, small bees who carry out simple tasks; Hive Soldiers, who attack the Knight with their spinning drill-like stingers; and Hive Guardians, [[GiantMook giant bees]] who attack everything by smashing it with their huge bodies. There is also a boss bee named Hive Knight, a bipedal wingless bee who compensates his lack of flight with huge speed and powerful nail-wielding skills.
* ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass'': As the first bit of SurpriseCreepy, when returning to the Buddy Beehive and find it's suddenly turned into a nightmarish labyrinth of [[spoiler:undead mutated]] bees, to be fought instead of the friendly ones from earlier.
* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo'': In ''Kao The Kangaroo: Round 2'', the first level has bees that will hit the ground where you just stood, and will remain stuck there for a brief moment so you can attack them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'': The killer bees attack in large groups, fast and has a poisonous sting. A good tactic against them is to fight them in corridors, as being a rougelike, one square can only be occupied by one monster regardless of size.
* ''Videogame/{{Oddworld}}: Abe's Oddysee'' has killer bees as a puzzle obstacle. They'll kill you if you stand still, and once they start chasing you the ''only'' way to get rid of them is to pass them off to [[PowerUpMount Elum]] or another Mudokon (who strangely will survive).
* ''VideoGame/OffspringFling'' has these as an enemy, first appearing around level 51.
* ''VideoGame/{{Phoenotopia}}'' and ''VideoGame/PhoenotopiaAwakening'' have the Bull Bees. In the Sunflower area they are mostly peaceful, but will chase you if they see you kill one. Their overworld encounters in ''Awakening'' are aggro to begin with.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** Beedrill is a giant poison bee with three large stingers and is more offensive than its traditional counterpart Butterfree, but it [[SubvertedTrope isn't too bad]] due to its status as a CrutchCharacter and being nigh-on useless after the early parts of the game. Then ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire]]'' gave it a [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]], which [[TookALevelInBadass not only makes it look far more menacing, but also buffs its Attack and Speed up to near-legendary levels while giving it the STAB-boosting Adaptability ability]]. [[FromNobodyToNightmare Bee VERY afraid]].
** Vespiquen is a queen bee whose exoskeleton is shaped like wax cells to house its pre-evolved form, Combee. It has three [[SecretArt signature moves]]: Heal Order has Vesipquen's underlings heal her, Defend Order has them form a protective shield, and Attack Order sets a swarm of angry bees on Vespiquen's enemies.
* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog frequently faced various [[MechanicalInsects bee-based Badniks]] over the course of his adventures:
** Buzz Bombers (called Beetons in original Japanese version) are the recurring {{airborne|Mook}} Badniks modelled after bees (though some materials refer to them as [[WickedWasps wasps]] instead) who fire lasers at the titular blue hedgehog whenever they spot him.
** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' features the debut of the new type of Badniks, called simply Robot Bees (or Poh Bees in Japanese). In place of stingers, they have either cannons or {{Epic Flail}}s.
** The first boss fight of ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' pits Sonic against [[spoiler:illusionary]] Zavok riding on the giant mechanical [[InsectQueen queen bee]], called the Death Queen. It possesses six laser cannons in place of legs, extremely sharp stinger, and jet boosters that allow it to charge at Sonic stinger-open. It can also [[FlunkyBoss call forth]] the Buzz Bombers, either as mooks to fight or as [[ActionBomb kamikaze bombers]].
* ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' has the titanic, spacefaring Chorister Bees, which attack in huge swarms and produce music with their wings. Notably, the floral town of Titania, being built on top of a gigantic flower, has very serious problems with these creatures which often ravage it.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'': Bzzap! are anthropomorphic bee-like enemies found in the Flower Fields and the Forever Forest. They attack by stinging Mario or by summoning swarms of smaller bees to attack him.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' have Stingbies, large bees with a stinger on their "nose" that appear in some grass-type levels, and attack by simply trying to fly into Mario. They also appear in the battle stage Honeybee Hive in ''VideoGame/MarioKart7''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' has the Bunbun, spear-wielding giant bees that throw their weapons at Mario.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' has the normal-sized Bibi and the bigger Buuichi (both exclusive to [[TreeTrunkTour Tree Zone]]), giant bees that attack with their stingers. Bibi fly around and chase Mario down, while the Buuichi stay in one place and attempt to crush Mario when he approaches it from below. There are also the stronger, skull-headed Skeleton Bees found later in the level.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Buzzers are common enemies found in [[TheLostWoods the Forest Maze]], which attempt to attack Mario and his party by flying stinger-first into them. Stingers are a stronger variant found later in the game, but otherwise behave in the same way.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has wild bees guarding beehives attached to tropical trees. Yoshi can eat them one by one and, in some cases, when all of them are eaten, either a blue coin or an extra life will appear.
* ''VideoGame/SuzyCube'': One of the enemy types you encounter are giant cube-shaped bees.
* ''VideoGame/TargetAcquired2016'': One of the MechaMooks [[PlayerCharacter Yura]] faces while chasing [[BigBad Cammy]] includes giant robot bees.
* ''VideoGame/TaskMaker'': Zig-zagged. Worker Bees have a Good alignment and nearly no health or attack, while Giant Hornet, Giant Wasp, and Giant Killer Bee are monsters.
* ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'': The BigBad is Capital B, a giant CorruptCorporateExecutive bee.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': Spike the Bee (also known as Buzz-Buzz or Barrington) is a frequent tormentor of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, first debuting in ''Window Cleaners'' short and then going on to co-star with Donald in no less than seven shorts (and with [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]] in one short). In these shorts, the two frequently end up in conflict for one reason or another, and most of the time, it results in Spike trying to sting Donald. However, it's subverted in one of the last shorts, called "Let's Stick Together", as Donald and Spike finish the picture as good friends.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]" revolves around an attempt to get space honey from space bees, which are "as large as a Buick and twice as ugly", and whose sting is deadly at best and capable of inducing fatal BodyHorror in the allergic. The Professor has apparently sent several crews to their death getting their honey. One of the {{Christmas Episode}}s episode has the bees return, though they're distracted by in-fighting. Then Hermes uses the magic of Kwanzaa to unify them again, and [[KillEmAll things quickly go south]]. [[Recap/FuturamaS1E1SpacePilot3000 The very first episode]] claimed the last crew were ingested by space wasps (possibly a misnomer for the space bees mentioned above).
-->'''Leela:''' What happened to the last crew?
-->'''Professor:''' Oh those poor sons of b-- but that's not important!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'': In "Valley of the Giants", Majors and Quinn were kidnapped by giant, pickup truck-sized bees and imprisoned in a wall of wax.
* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' features giant mutant bees as [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] of the episode "Hive". They were mutated and grown to {{Kaiju}} sizes by irradiated lava. They are capable of firing their stingers like projectiles, and their [[InsectQueen queen]] can even quickly regrow lost stingers, which allows her to fire them akin to a machine gun. Said queen also returns in the "Monster Wars" three-parter under control of the aliens, where she was sent to attack Moscow, but was finally killed when the aliens lost their control of monsters.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': In "War of the Bee Battalion", criminals force a scientist who has created a growth ray for honeybees to use the device to attack Metropolis.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'': Zizza is a Decepticon that transforms into a giant mechanical bee, and she can use her toxins to brainwash humans and Cybertronians alike to make them her slaves.
* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'':
** Wanna-Bee is a bee member of F.L.O.P.P., a group of wannabe criminals whose [[PokeThePoodle "crimes"]] are not as bad as they think (though in the end they [[NotSoHarmlessVillain do prove themselves to be a threat]] by using lost D.O.O.M. technology). Wanna-Bee in particular is very enthusiastic about [[CardCarryingVillain being "super bad"]]. In fact, in several episodes when F.L.O.P.P. is OutOfFocus, he himself goes solo as a supervillain, with his crimes becoming more dangerous than as a F.L.O.P.P. member.
** In the episode "To Bee Or Not To Bee", Petropolis gets attacked by Killer Bees, who were created by Keswick and his friends long time ago when they were [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy loopy from]] [[DrunkOnMilk Amazon's jungle water]]. Led by Wanna-Bee's brother, Rumble Bee, they attack people with [[EnergyWeapon lasers fired from stingers]] and intend to use the device known as Sting-Ray to turn all of Petropolis' citizens into "zom-bees".
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