Maya the Bee

First part of a double episode about Maya's birth., her discovery of the hive's life and its organization, her friendship with Willy and Flip. Soon, Maya discovers the meadow and its freedom…

Maya sneaks out of the hive at night for the first time… She lives an adventure with Willy and saves them from a frog and an owl. She then decides to live in the meadow.

The official Queen messenger being absent, Miss Cassandra organizes 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. The goal being to deliver an important message to the neighboring hive.

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.

Maya and Willy discover an abandoned soda bottle. As Willy enters in the bottle to taste the delicious and sweet liquid, the bottle rolls down a slope, taking Ben's ball away. Both disappear in the heart of the forest. Maya and Ben decide to look for them.

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. Ben is delighted to show his friends how he builds a ball.

Judge Beeswax inspects the hive and, discovers that Maya lives outside. He decides to banish her from the hive and the meadow, believing her life-style is a threat for the other bees. But during the attack of the wasps, Maya and her friends will prove that she has a role to play in the community.

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.

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…

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 organizes a large scale rescue operation with the help of the ants in order to save her friend.

A cricket keeps the whole meadow from sleeping. Maya and Willy will 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 ! Flip will help him to use his instruments in a better way, and Chris will eventually seduce the lady cricket.

Fed up with the heavy protocole, 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 close to chaos…

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 and discovers that the creature is only a big slug!

Willy saw a bear nearby. Maya informs the Queen who gives the order to evacuate the hive. When Maya and Willy realize that the panic in the hive was triggered by a teddy bear they're scared to confess their mistake to the Queen.

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 and find something else to eat.

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

While playing, Maya and Willy accidentally destroy a little fruit worm's home. Maya wants to help him find a new quite place, but Philibert, who is scared of his metamorphosis, uses Maya's kindness in order to have someone stay with him.

Maya has difficulties to learn the bees dance, very helpful to move to the right directions. 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 feeding the larvae brood.

Beeswax decides that the hive is too small for that many bees : some of them have to move and found a new hive! Willy is chosen to leave… Maya soon realizes she might lose her best friend and decides to change Beeswax mind.

Flip's cousins arrive in the meadow. When they are all together , they strangely change their color and their behaviour. As Flip is changing too, Maya realizes that she might loose her friend. She will do anything to get him back !

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.

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.

Maya wants to help Miss Hermit's Beetle, an old lady who lost her home during a storm. She wants to find her brother who lives in an old tree on the other side of the pond. But the old lady memory play them tricks and they have a hard time to find their ways...

Maya meets a nice earwig who's a real artist and sculpts everything he sees. But his art is misunderstood by the others who tend to reject him. Maya will help him to be accepted by the community.

Maya plays with little firebugs. She soon realizes that they are alone and tries to find their mother. She discovers the firebug mother is in despair : if she can't feed her brood, they run away to find a new mother!