Maya the Bee Season 1, Episode 2: The Take Off

The Birth of Maya

11 min

The Queen's Messenger

With the official Queen messenger being absent, Miss Cassandra organises a contest to select the new junior messenger. Maya, Willy, Lara, Max and Shelby will compete against each other during a wild race through the meadow.

11 min

Night Blooms

Maya and Willy cross the forest to see a very rare flower, the moonflower, but they get caught by the night and get lost. Luckily, they can count on a firefly to help find their way back.

11 min

Willy's Bottle

Maya and Willy discover an abandoned soda bottle in the meadow. As Willy flies into the bottle to taste the delicious and sweet liquid, the bottle rolls down a slope, taking Ben's ball with it.

11 min

Keep Ball Rolling

A fly has stolen Ben's ball to use it as a nest to lay her eggs. Unfortunately, it's the ball Ben wanted to show at the big dungbeetle meeting! Maya and Willy decide to help Ben to make a new ball dedicated to the fly only.

11 min

Judge Beeswax

When Judge Beeswax discovers that Maya lives outside of the hive, he banishes her from the hive and the meadow, believing her life-style is a threat for the other bees.

11 min

Crack!

While playing, Maya and Willy break Shelby's shell by mistake. They have to find a way to repair the crack before it gets dangerous for their friend.

11 min

Powder Power

Maya has accidentally wet Beatrice's wings. She has lost some of her powder and can't fly anymore. Maya has to find a solution to help her as the great butterfly ball is fast approaching...

11 min

Maya to the Rescue

Maya and Willy would like Max to discover the delicious taste of his tree's fruits. They carry him through the air to the tops but unfortunately Max gets grabbed by a bird. Maya organises a large scale rescue operation.

11 min

No Sleep for Maya

A cricket keeps the whole meadow from sleeping. Maya and Willy look for him. Chris, the cricket, is just trying to invite Lila the lady cricket to go to the ball but he sends her the wrong message!

11 min

Royal Outing

Fed up with the heavy protocol, the Queen decides to leave the hive for a moment to visit the meadow. She meets Maya who is thrilled to make the Queen discover her universe. But without the Queen, the hive becomes chaos...

12 min

The Stranger

Maya and her friends discover a huge slime trail and Shelby's mushrooms have all disappeared. Barry knows for sure what happened: there is a monster in the meadow! Maya decides to investigate further.

11 min

Beware of the Bear

Willy see's a bear nearby so Maya tells the Queen who gives the order to evacuate. When Maya and Willy realise that the panic in the hive was triggered by a teddy bear they're scared to confess their mistake to the Queen.

11 min

Misleading Appearances

Maya and Willy meet a nice caterpillar called Momo but he metamorphoses into a dead head hawk moth and attacks the hive and starts emptying the honey. Maya has to convince Momo to leave the hive.

11 min

Sleeping Beauty

While it is the great pollen harvest day, Maya and Willy have by mistake put the whole hive to sleep. Now they have to ask all their friends to help them with the bindweed harvest, a flower that blooms only one day a year.

11 min

Philibert

11 min

Dancing with Bees

Maya finds it very difficult learning the bees dance. Flip will try to help her and thanks to his lessons, Maya will be able to show the chief worker bee a new field of flowers that will help feed the larvae brood.

11 min

Willy Moves Out

11 min

The Wild Bunch

Flip's cousins arrive in the meadow. When they are all together, they strangely change their colour and their behaviour. As Flip is changing too, Maya realises that she might lose her friend.

11 min

Bee Clean

Maya and Willy have caught varroas, some sort of bee lice. The hive is infected. They decide to ask the wild bees from the forest for advice on how to get rid of these parasites.

11 min

Flying License

Lord Beeswaxe is visiting the hive. He is the witness of an accident caused by Maya. He decides to establish a "flying licence". Now the bees have to stay on the floor and can't do their work properly.

11 min

Mrs Hermit Beetle's Journey

Maya wants to help an old lady who lost her home during a storm. The old lady wants to find her brother who lives on the other side of the pond. But the old lady's memory isn't very good and they have trouble finding the way.

11 min

No Friends for Dino

11 min

Mother Courage

11 min

Cake for the Queen

Unknowingly, Willy eats the Queen's cake. Along with Maya, they will try to find out the recipe and make a new cake before everyone in the hive notices the cake has disappeared.

11 min