The Queen Bee (Hymenoptera)
What’s not to love about the bee? From pollinating so many of our food crops, to making delicious honey, this is one insect that’s popular with everyone.
The song tells the life of the most important individual in their community: The Queen Bee, mother to all of the other insects in the hive. Her life stars out pretty tough, fighting to survive; but if she does make it… what a life!
Holly Turton is the embodiment of the happy, regal Queen. You believe her when she sings “the world belongs to me!” (www.facebook.com/HollyTurtonMusic/)
Neil Gross played the flourishes on the Fender Stratocaster.
Hymenoptera Lyrics
and Song Sample
QUEEN:
From my earliest recollection
I was treated with affection.
Workers filled my belly
with delicious Royal Jelly.
As a princess I knew strife:
I fought sisters for my life.
After battle, last alive,
I could dream of a new hive.
My wedding was a bash,
twenty drones showed up to clash
in the bright daylight.
Poor boys! so full of brawn,
by the end their strength was gone.
What a wedding flight!
CHORUS
I’m the Queen of all I see,
the world belongs to me.
I’m the Queen, you’ll all agree.
All Hail to royal We!
Never lift a leg to work,
Royalty must have its perks.
Dance the “waggle” and the “twerk”!
I’m the Queen bee.
Now it’s over honeymoon
workers: I need a platoon.
For the colony I lay
‘bout a thousand eggs a day.
If the eggs are fertilized
only girls, don’t be surprised!
As I feed them Bee-Bread only
they’ll be sisters, never lonely.
My workers build the nest.
Finding pollen they won’t rest
making lots of honey.
Safe from outside dangers
I will send my flying rangers
to Flower fields so sunny!
For I’m the Queen… CHORUS
DRONE – What about me, don’t I matter?
What am I, chopped flowers?
QUEEN – Oh Dear quit your chatter,
Half the genes and zero powers!
DRONE – Where’s your kids without this bloke?
QUEEN – Just one day and you were smoke!
DRONE – Tell me girls, who’s your Daddy?
WORKERS – Mr. Drone, you won’t be happy
as we sing…
She’s the Queen of all we see
QUEEN: The world belongs to moi !
WORKERS – It’s the Queen, we all agree.
QUEEN – All Hail to royal Me!
ALL – Never lift a leg to work,
Royalty must have its perks.
Dance the “waggle” and the “twerk”!
QUEEN – I’m the Queen bee.
(laughs) I’m the Queen!
(vocalizes) The Queen Bee