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.
After Cricket annoys Sundew, Bumblebee cries out to the LeafWing, reaching towards her. Sundew then asked Cricket if Bumblebee was trying to stay her name, and Cricket states proudly that Bumblebee is quite smart. As Sundew flies off and speaks to Blue and the others about the dangers of the poison jungle, Sundew says that the loud and flappy ones always get eaten first, and that Bumblebee is certainly cobra lily food for sure, which results in the HiveWing dragonet shouting from behind her.
After the others say something about the trees and jungle, Bumblebee suddenly pipes up and jabs Cricket in the chin, breaking the silence. She then turns her head towards Sundew and reaches hopefully towards the LeafWing, saying something similar to 'eat now', which comes out as something completely different. As Cricket explains what she believes Bumblebee said, Bumblebee shouts the same same thing, demonstrating expansive arm gestures, attempting to wiggle out of her sling.
While flying over the lake on Sundew, she yanked at Sundew's horns and caused them btoh to run into an actual giant sundew plant. This was due to a giant tsetse fly in front of Sundew.
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. 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 like a mother saying stuff like "You don't have to be mean and scary, no you don't. You won't be like the other HiveWings. You're too cute and you have your own brain, don't you?"
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. Also, in The Poison Jungle, Bumblebee saves Sundew from a giant tsetse fly 3 times the size of her. "[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.
Bumblebee seems to not be on good terms with Tsunami, calling her names like "growlface" and "Argnoraw Rgrumphle" and glowering at Tsunami when being left in Tsunami's care.
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."
"Bemish Snudoo, Bumpbumb sabladay, bemish Snudoo, Bumpbumb sabladay,"- singing while climbing on Sundew while trapped by a sundew.
"Beebuf! I sabladay! Me mish! Yim yim yim!"- Bragging about knowing the color blue and listening to Sundew.
"EKNO![...]NOBYNOBYNOBE!"- about being left behind with Tsunami.
"STABEEBAD, YUUUUsafe."- when Cricket says that battle is bad.
"GROWLEFACE! ARGNORAW RGUMPHLE!"- Yelling at Tsunami when being forced to stay with her.
"HAAAA!"- Yelling at Sundew and crew as they fly away.
"Meh meh meh meh meh."- Mocking Nettle after complaining about not being in charge.
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.
- Based on her lines, it seems that at only a few days old she's already aware of her name, and some others. Calling herself "Bumpbumb" calling Sundew "Sundoo" She's at also somewhat aware of what things are called. Calling a bug a "buf".
- She can also sing as she's seen singing about saving the day while Sundew's trapped by an actual sundew.
Gallery
-
A typical HiveWing, by Joy Ang -
Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
-
HiveWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing -
A real bumblebee (photo from time.com)
-
Bumblebee by Owibyx -
Bumblebee by Tailbite10
-
Bumblebee's hatching by Crystaleyes the Rainwing-Nightwing-Mudwing
-
Bumblebee with a fish, by Lamp-P0st
-
How I imagine Bumblebee (base by Owibyx)
-
Bumblebee by Henki
-
Bumblebee just hatched!
-
Bumblebee hatching in Cricket's claws
-
I want nothing to do with Dragonets- by xXShadowFang99Xx -
sundew by someone
-
tf is that by dimepaw
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 | |
