Bumblebee
- "“Herkleturklemisshoo.”"
- — Bumblebee attempting to mimic Sundew in The Hive Queen.
Bumblebee is a newborn female HiveWing that made her debut in The Hive Queen. Since Bumblebee's egg was only injected once with Queen Wasp's poison, she is most likely immune to the hive-mind. She is currently on the run to Pyrrhia with Sundew, Cricket and the escaping LeafWings and SilkWings.
Appearance
Bumblebee is a small[1] dragonet with black scales that are striped with wide fuzzy swaths of bright yellow[2]. She has patches of black scales circling her yellow-gold-amber eyes like a panda. She was also mentioned to have small sharp claws[3].
Biography
Bumblebee's egg was first introduced when Cricket snuck 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 to Queen Wasp's hive-mind. 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 then tucked the sleeping Bumblebee 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 poisonous plant supply.
Bumblebee is being carried by Cricket in the first part of chapter one and is read to be reaching out to Sundew while attempting to say her name. Instead, she says "SNUDOO!" While they are flying into the forest, Cricket is climbing a tree and Bumblebee sees the squashed remains of a slug Cricket had stepped on, and says "eeeeeeeeeeepow" which, according to Cricket, means "eat now", Cricket yells "GROSS, Bumblebee!" Bumblebee then cries "GWOSE! Most likely, Bumblebee will be a humorous aspect of "The Poison Jungle".
More flying in soon...
Relationships
Bumblebee seems to adore and appreciate Cricket. Cricket was the dragonet who saved Bumblebee's egg from the orphanage and Queen Wasp's mind-control; 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-control plants.
Bumblebee has a special fondness of Sundew, although this is likely an effect of Sundew giving her food and leaving some sort of imprint on Bumblebee. During their journey to Wasp Hive, Bumblebee tried to reach Sundew by wriggling out of Cricket's chest pouch. After Sundew gave a dried mango to the newborn dragonet to keep her still, she was mentioned to "[give] Sundew a worshipful look."[4]
Bumblebee seems to think that Swordtail is funny. When he told her to be quiet, she fell over giggling. More of this relationship will most likely be seen in the next installment, The Poison Jungle.
Quotes
"FLORBLE!" - To Sundew
"BLEEMORK!" - To Sundew
"SMEEBO SMEEBO SMEEBO!" - To Sundew
"Loobleflooblegooble." - To Sundew
"BOO BAH!" - To Sundew
"YIM YIM YIM!" - To Sundew
"Yimmm.''" - To Sundew
"OW. OW." - To Cricket
“Florb!” - To a mango
“Smorg bamfibo.” - Mimicking Sundew
“Herkleturklemisshoo.” - To Sundew
"Smeeg smog smockeefee." - mimicking Sundew
"GWOSE!" - To Cricket
"EEEEEEEEEEpow!" - To Sundew
"Snudoo" - To Sundew
"Mrble Snudoo!"
"Snabble poof."
"ZAMEE!"
"RAWR? Bammo slammo eeeeeeenow?"
"YOUUUSHH HA HAA SO SHH."
"SNUDOO!"
"SNUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"EEEEEEPOW!-to Sundew, about food
Eeeeeeeeeenever-to Sundew, about food
"Me mum me."
"EEEEEEEEEEEEE?"
"Snudooooo."
"BLEH! [...] NOMOBLEH! GIMMEEGO! EEEEEMEGO!"
"Snudoo, [...] Snoooooooobleemee."
"Hubblesnubbleooble, [...] Eeeeeeeeeeeeeesnorf."
"Pennyfoo."
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?"
"EEEEEEEEM."
"HrrrmbleGRRR."
Trivia
- The bumblebee is a species of bee in the Apidea family and the class Insectia.
- Bumblebee was named after her black and yellow stripes.
- Bumblebee is the fourth dragon to have his or her hatching described in book, the other three being Darkstalker, Princess Auklet, and Moonwatcher.
- If one were to study Bumblebee's garbled sentences, most of them can be matched to phrases already stated by the other characters. For example, 'herkleturklemisshoo' sounds vaguely like 'horticultural mission,' something Sundew had said moments previously. 'Smeeg smog smockeefee' relates to Sundew's grumpy exclaimation 'I feel like you're mocking me.' 'Smorg bamfibo' relates to 'Maybe there's an antidote,' on the topic of Queen Wasp's mind-control plant. Bumblebee repeatedly calls Sundew 'Snudoo' in the first chapter of The Poison Jungle, and she copies Cricket in saying 'gwose' as a creditable imitation of the word 'gross.' 'eeeeeeeeeeeepow' sounds like 'eat now'.
- From Bumblebee's development in speech thus mentioned, we can infer that dragonets learn to talk properly only a few days to weeks after their hatching. The gap between the ending of The Hive Queen and the beginning of The Poison Jungle is most likely only a few days, which makes Bumblebee about 4 days old. This is consistent with the age to maturity correlation in Wings of Fire.
Gallery
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A typical HiveWing, by Joy Ang -
Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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We're Parents Now by cowardfish
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HiveWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing -
A real bumblebee (photo from time.com)
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Bumblebee by Owibyx -
Bumblebee by Tailbite10
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Bumblebee's hatching by Crystaleyes the Rainwing-Nightwing-Mudwing
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Bumblebee with a fish, by Lamp-P0st
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How I imagine Bumblebee (base by Owibyx)
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Bumblebee by Henki
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Bumblebee just hatched!
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Bumblebee hatching in Cricket's claws
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I want nothing to do with Dragonets- by xXShadowFang99Xx -
sundew by someone
References
| HiveWings | |
|---|---|
| Queens | |
| Royalty |
Bloodworm • Cicada • Hornet • Mantis • Scarab • Tsetse • Vinegaroon • Yellowjacket |
| Other Dragons |
Aphid • Bombardier • Bumblebee • Cadelle • Carabid • Chafer • Cricket • Dragonfly • Earthworm • Earwig • Inchworm • Grasshopper • Hawker • Glowworm • Katydid • Librarian • Lubber • Malachite • Midge • Pinacate • Rootworm • Sandfly • Treehopper • Weevil |
| Kingdom |
Bloodworm Hive • Cicada Hive • Hornet Hive • Jewel Hive • Mantis Hive • Tsetse Hive • Vinegaroon Hive • Wasp Hive • Yellowjacket Hive |
| Society | |
