Bumblebee

"Beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday, beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday…"

— Bumblebee about Sundew, The Poison Jungle

Bumblebee is a female HiveWing dragonet introduced in The Hive Queen. Since Bumblebee's egg was only injected once by Queen Wasp's stinger, which contained the breath of evil, she is most likely immune to the othermind's mind control, like Cricket. She currently resides in Sanctuary on Pyrrhia.

Appearance

Bumblebee has black scales striped with wide, fuzzy swathes of bright yellow and yellow-and-black-striped wings. She has patches of black scales circling her yellow-gold eyes making her look like a tragic panda and a rather round face, as well as a very loud, high-pitched voice. She is roughly the size of a large mango.

Personality

Being a young dragonet, Bumblebee is very demanding and loves to eat. She is extremely talkative, often babbling to herself or others. She looks to Sundew for food every time her belly grumbles, which, at first, annoyed the young LeafWing. She proves herself to be a good listener when she and Sundew get trapped in a large sundew plant, following the instructions to escape from being eaten. The small HiveWing is noted to be very smart and a fast learner, and frequently finds more and more ways to communicate with grown dragons. Bumblebee has positive relationships with Cricket, Blue, Swordtail, and Sundew. Bumblebee can also sing, as she's written a song about saving the day after Sundew is trapped by an actual sundew plant. Bumblebee's favorite food is likely mango, as she yelled for mango in The Poison Jungle multiple times.

Biography

The Lost Continent Prophecy

The Hive Queen

Bumblebee's egg was first introduced when Cricket crept into the Nest in Jewel Hive. Her egg had been marked ORPHANAGE, and had only one of Queen Wasp's poisonous stinger marks on its shell. Cricket rescued Bumblebee from the Nest because she pitied the egg and hoped that she, like Cricket herself, would be immune from Wasp's mind control. After leaving the Nest, Cricket took Bumblebee's egg to one of Sundew's hideouts, where Bumblebee hatched shortly after their arrival. After feeding her a fish, Cricket tucked the sleeping newborn into a scarf sling around her chest. Bumblebee was present around Cricket's chest as Blue, Cricket, Sundew, and Swordtail destroyed most of Queen Wasp's breath of evil supply.

The Poison Jungle

After Sundew and Cricket started arguing, Bumblebee cried out to Sundew, and she realized that the dragonet was trying to say her name. When Sundew spoke to Blue and the others about the horrors of the Poison Jungle, she said that the loud and flappy ones always get eaten first, implying that there could be danger ahead for Bumblebee. A little later, Bumblebee suddenly piped up, jabbing Cricket in the chin. She turned her head towards Sundew and reached hopefully towards the LeafWing, saying something similar to 'eat now please.' As Cricket explained what she believed Bumblebee said, the dragonet repeated herself, attempting to wiggle out of her sling. During the mission to find Hawthorn, Bumblebee yanked at Sundew's horns and caused them both to run into an actual giant sundew plant. This was due to an enormous tsetse fly in front of Sundew. Bumblebee was present when Sundew, Cricket, Willow, Mandrake, and Nettle reached the Den of Vipers. The dragonet was asleep in her sling, but Sundew looked at her and wondered if they shouldn't have taken her with them. When Cricket, Sundew, and the others returned to the SapWing village with the antidote, Cricket left Bumblebee with Tsunami. Bumblebee responded with lots of yelling, but Cricket insisted that Bumblebee needed to stay safe. When Cricket and Sundew returned to the throne room to get Bumblebee, she ran to Sundew and bumped against her talons, reaching to be picked up. Sundew lifted her and called her "little bug." When the dragons heard crashing overhead, Bumblebee squeaked because Sundew had tightened her arms around her. The dragonet squirmed out of Sundew's grasp and climbed into Cricket's back. Bumblebee was with Cricket, Sundew, Willow, Hazel and many other LeafWings and SilkWings when they crossed the ocean toward the Distant Kingdoms.

The Dangerous Gift
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Relationships

Blue

Bumblebee has a positive relationship with Blue. When Bumblebee hatched, Blue was extremely excited to raise her. He is almost like an adoptive father towards Bumblebee. He is shown carrying and holding Bumblebee in a scarf sling tied around his chest.

Cricket

Bumblebee adores Cricket, and she is almost like an adoptive mother towards Bumblebee. Cricket is also the dragon who saved her egg from Queen Wasp's mind control from the Hatchery. She also carried Bumblebee all the way to Wasp Hive in a scarf sling tied around her chest while they destroyed Queen Wasp's supply of mind-controlling plants. Cricket acts motherly towards her such as praising her when she correctly followed Sundew's directions, calling her a "good listener" and "such a smart dragon," and talking to her like a mother would to her child, "You don't have to be mean and scary, no you don't. You won't be like the other HiveWings."

Daffodil

Bumblebee appears to like Daffodil since she plays with her. She was left in the care of Daffodil when Cricket and Sundew left to go back to Pantala.

Snowfall

When they first met, Bumblebee quickly became scared of the IceWing queen, as Snowfall unsheathed her knives after mistaking the HiveWing dragonet for a potential threat.

Sundew

Bumblebee has a special fondness of Sundew and looks up to her greatly, which started as the result of Sundew giving her food. After Sundew gave a dried mango to the newborn dragonet to keep her still, she was mentioned to "give Sundew a worshipful look." Bumblebee calls Sundew "Snudoo." In The Poison Jungle, Sundew begins to show affection towards Bumblebee, willingly holding her and giving her food.

Swordtail 

Bumblebee seems to think that Swordtail is funny. When he told her to be quiet, she fell over giggling. More of this relationship is seen in The Poison Jungle. When she said "Snabble poof," she was likely referring to Swordtail disappearing in the Venus dragon-trap.

Tsunami

Bumblebee seems to have a certain disdain for Tsunami, calling her names like "Growlface" and "Argnoraw Rgrumphle," and glowering at Tsunami when she was left under her care.

Quotes

"Snabble poof!"

― Her reacting to Swordtail being eaten by a dragon-trap

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"RAWR? Bammo slammo eeeeeeenow?"

― Her to Sundew about food

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"Hubblesnubbleooble. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesnorf."

― to Sundew

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"Meh meh meh meh meh."

― Bumblebee mocking Nettle after she complains about not being in charge

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"Beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday, beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday…"

― Singing and climbing on Sundew while trapped by a sundew

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"Ha HA! Beebuf! I sabladay! Me mish! Yim yim yim!"

― Her bragging about knowing the color blue and listening to Sundew, and saving the day

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"GROWLFACE! ARGNORAW RGUMPHLE!"

― Bumblebee yelling at Tsunami when being forced to stay with her

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"EEEEEEEEEEEENNNOOOOOOWWWWW!"

― Her complaining about eating

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"Pribbishimmy. BuTEETH! ARROARAWR!"

― to Cricket after Snowfall scares her

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"Sprkltoothy."

― murmuring about Snowfall making her army appear

Gallery

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References

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