Maya the Bee (TV series)

For the 1975 TV series inspired by the same work, see Maya the Honey Bee.

Maya the Bee
Title card
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Adventure Animated series
Based on	Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels
Written by	Various
Directed by	Daniel Duda Jêrome Mouscadet
Voices of	Andrea Libman Rebecca Shoichet Philip Hayes Kira Tozer Ellen Kennedy Brian Drummond Samuel Vincent Diana Kaarina Tabitha St. Germain
Theme music composer	Fabrice Aboulker
Opening theme	"Here Comes Maya the Bee"
Composer	Fabrice Aboulker
Country of origin	Germany France
Original languages	German French
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	130 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Katell France
Running time	13 minutes
Production company	Studio 100 Animation
Original release
Network	ZDF (Germany) TF1 (France)
Release	1 February 2012 (2012-02-01) – 23 August 2017 (2017-08-23)
Related
Maya the Honey Bee

Maya the Bee is an animated children's television series produced by Studio 100 Animation in association with ZDF for Germany and TF1 for France.[1] It is based on the character Maya the Bee introduced in 1912. This is the second animated adaptation focused on the character, after the anime Maya the Honey Bee that aired in the 1970s.

Voice cast

Note: season one only

• Andrea Libman as Maya
• Rebecca Shoichet as Willy, Princess Natalie and Zoot
• Philip Hayes as Flip
• Kira Tozer as Miss Cassandra, Barry and Max
• Ellen Kennedy as Miss Bosby, The Queen, Thekla and Hannah
• Brian Drummond as Judge Beeswax, Kurt, Deez, Zip "Zig" and Edgar
• Samuel Vincent as Zap, Shelby, Paul, Stinger and Doz
• Diana Kaarina as Lara and Beatrice
• Tabitha St. Germain as Ben, Zoe and Lisby

Series overview

Season	Segments	Episodes	Premiere date	Finale date
1	78	39	February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01)	October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24)
2	52	26	March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)	August 23, 2017 (2017-08-23)

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1 2	1	"The Birth of Maya / Take Off"	Daniel Duda	Valérie Baranski, Delphine Maury and Christel Gonnard	February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01)
3 4	2	"Judge Beeswax / Willy's Bottle"	Daniel Duda	Michael Stokes and Joël Couttausse	February 8, 2012 (2012-02-08)
5 6	3	"The Queen's Messenger / Beware of the Bear"	Daniel Duda	Steven Sullivan, Ursula Ziegler and Nicolas Gallet	February 15, 2012 (2012-02-15)
7 8	4	"Maya to the Rescue! / Shadow Play"	Daniel Duda	Valerie Baranski and Louise Moon	February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22)
9 10	5	"The Stranger / Misleading Appearances"	Daniel Duda	John Van Bruggen and Delphine Maury	February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29)
11 12	6	"Sleeping Beauty / No Sleeping for Maya"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc and Nicolas Chretien	March 7, 2012 (2012-03-07)
13 14	7	"Philibert / Dancing with Bees"	Daniel Duda	Pascal Stervinou	March 14, 2012 (2012-03-14)
15 16	8	"King Willy / Night Blooms"	Daniel Duda	Louise Moon and Cathy Moss	March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21)
17 18	9	"Powder Power / Royal Outing"	Daniel Duda	Sylvie Riviere, Nicolas Chretien and Joël Couttausse	March 28, 2012 (2012-03-28)
19 20	10	"Keep Ball Rolling / Wild Bunch"	Daniel Duda	Mirielle Pertusot and Christophe Poujol	April 4, 2012 (2012-04-04)
21 22	11	"Bee Clean / Crack"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc, Nicolas Chretien and Sylvie Barro	April 11, 2012 (2012-04-11)
23 24	12	"Mrs. Hermit Beetle's Journey / Flying Licence"	Daniel Duda	Doldine Grimaldi and Jean De Loriol	April 18, 2012 (2012-04-18)
25 26	13	"No Friend for Dino / Mother Courage"	Daniel Duda	Cendrine Maubourguet and Pierre Migeot	April 25, 2012 (2012-04-25)
27 28	14	"Cake for the Queen / Ring-a Ring-a Caterpillar"	Daniel Duda	Jean De Loriol and Sylvie Riviere	May 2, 2012 (2012-05-02)
29 30	15	"Hoverfly Spy / Shelby's Dream"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc, Nicolas Chretien and Christel Gonnard	May 9, 2012 (2012-05-09)
31 32	16	"The Great Pollen Robbery / Maya's Garden"	Daniel Duda	Laure-Elisabeth Bourdaud & Johanna Goldschmidt, Henri Dubois & Christel Gonnard	May 16, 2012 (2012-05-16)
33 34	17	"Max Has A Crush / Thekla is in a State"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc and Nicolas Chretien, Eric Rondeaux and Catherine Le Roux	May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23)
35 36	18	"Hive Jive / Sleepless Max"	Daniel Duda	Jean De Loriol and Klaus Döring	May 30, 2012 (2012-05-30)
37 38	19	"What a Nice Wasp / Willy Moves Out"	Daniel Duda	Eric Rondeaux, Catherine Le Roux and Delphine Dubos	June 6, 2012 (2012-06-06)
39 40	20	"Weather on Demand / Follow the Egg"	Daniel Duda	Nicolas Chretien, Sylvie Riviere and Phillipe Clerc	June 13, 2012 (2012-06-13)
41 42	21	"In Search of the Lost Dung / Queen of the Solar Eclipse"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc, Nicolas Chretien and Adrian Bickenbach	June 20, 2012 (2012-06-20)
43 44	22	"Henry's Cabin / The Haunted Hive"	Daniel Duda	Christophe Poujol and Sandrine Joly	June 27, 2012 (2012-06-27)
45 46	23	"Bee Day / Wings of a Champion"	Daniel Duda	Heike Sperling and Jean De Loriol	July 4, 2012 (2012-07-04)
47 48	24	"The Queen's Scepter / Night of the Giants"	Daniel Duda	Coline Abert, Catherine Guillot-Bonte & Christophe Poujol	July 11, 2012 (2012-07-11)
49 50	25	"Edgar the Fearless / Molly the Miner"	Daniel Duda	Laure-Elisabeth Bourdaud and Johanna Goldschmidt	July 18, 2012 (2012-07-18)
51 52	26	"Barry's Glasses / Bless You Miss Cassandra"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc & Nicolas Chretien, Laure-Elisabeth Bourdaud & Johanna Goldschmidt	July 25, 2012 (2012-07-25)
53 54	27	"Alarm / Maya Commander in Chief"	Daniel Duda	Heike Sperling and Anastasia Heinzl	August 1, 2012 (2012-08-01)
55 56	28	"Forbidden Fruit / Thank You Wasps"	Daniel Duda	Delphine Dubos	August 8, 2012 (2012-08-08)
57 58	29	"Sulky Willy / Queen of the Day"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc, Nicolas Chretien and Sylvie Riviere	August 15, 2012 (2012-08-15)
59 60	30	"Harmony in the Meadow / Willy Loses His Memory"	Daniel Duda	Christophe Poujol and Delphine Dubos	August 22, 2012 (2012-08-22)
61 62	31	"Rainbow Pollen / Greedy Frogs"	Daniel Duda	Dodine Grimaldi, Sandrine Joly and Nicolas Chretien	August 29, 2012 (2012-08-29)
63 64	32	"Dragonfly Express / On with the Show"	Daniel Duda	Coline Abert & Catherine Guillot-Bonte, Sylvie Riviere and Nicolas Chretien	September 5, 2012 (2012-09-05)
65 66	33	"Night Flight / The Outsider"	Daniel Duda	Tony Scott and Pascal Mirleau, and Adrian Bickenbach	September 12, 2012 (2012-09-12)
67 68	34	"A New Shelby / Willy Guards the Hive"	Daniel Duda	Sébastien Viaud, Muriel Achery & Chris Arsonneaud-Sache	September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)
69 70	35	"A Flower to Share / Did I Say That?"	Daniel Duda	Phillipe Clerc, Nicolas Chretien and Camille Hebert	September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26)
71 72	36	"A Friend for the Oak / The Runaway Bee"	Daniel Duda	Anna Christien	October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)
73 74	37	"The Big Bad Earwig / Doc Slick"	Daniel Duda	Christophe Poujol, Pierre Spitzer-Couesnon & Édouard Petit	October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10)
75 76	38	"The Gift from Above / Once Upon a Slime"	Daniel Duda	Ariane Capet, Pierre Spitzer-Couesnon & Édouard Petit	October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
77 78	39	"The Big Eat / A Surprise for Maya"	Daniel Duda	Heike Sperling, Pierre Spitzer-Couesnon & Édouard Petit	October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24)

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
79 80	1	"Roll on the Holidays / Yes Sir!"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Claire Grimond, Jean-Rémi François and Bruno Merle	March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
81 82	2	"The Exile / Field Trip"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette, Frédéric Engel Lenoir and Bruno Regeste	March 8, 2017 (2017-03-08)
83 84	3	"The Orchirosa / Flip Has Got the Blues"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François, Nadira Aouadi & Bruno Regeste	March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
85 86	4	"The Meadow Friends / Ants See Red"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Claire Grimond, Frédéric Engel Lenoir & Sophie Decroisette, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François	March 22, 2017 (2017-03-22)
87 88	5	"Rosita / Theo"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette and Bruno Merle, Jean-Rémi François & Frédéric Engel Lenoir	March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)
89 90	6	"Treasure for the Ants / A Very Peculiar Mother"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François, Françoise Charpiat & Karine Lollichon	April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)
91 92	7	"Shadow of a Doubt / The Honeymunch"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Claire Grimond, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François	April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12)
93 94	8	"Long Live Freedom! / In the Ranks"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Bruno Regeste	April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19)
95 96	9	"Jealousy / Bad Company"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Bruno Regeste, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François	April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)
97 98	10	"Lovestruck / Stinger Stung"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Françoise Charpiat, Karine Lollichon & Claire Grimond, Bruno Regeste & Nadira Aouadi	May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03)
99 100	11	"Maya the First / Blue Tit"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François, Françoise Charpiat & Karine Lollichon	May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)
101 102	12	"A Strike in the Hive / No Harmony for Beeswax"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette, Nicolas Schiavi & Shawn Mahoney, Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin	May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)
103 104	13	"Fab Four / Big Ball"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette & Frédéric Engel Lenoir, Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin	May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)
105 106	14	"Hive Certificate / Vote for Me"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette & Claire Grimond, Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin	May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)
107 108	15	"Remind Me To Eat You / Sister Knows Best"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Nicolas Schiavi, Shawn Mahoney & Bruno Regeste, Françoise Charpiat & Karine Lollichon	June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07)
109 110	16	"Question of Confidence / Flip Save the Queen"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Laure Doyonnax, Hervé Benedetti and Nicolas Robin	June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)
111 112	17	"Ballie Wallie Mystery / On Top Form"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François, Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin	June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)
113 114	18	"To-Xi-Kant / For the Love of Max"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Nicolas Schiavi, Shawn Mahoney, Jean-Rémi François & Bruno Merle, Sophie Decroisette, Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin	June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)
115 116	19	"Butterfly Effect / Willy's Misfortune"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Nadira Aouadi, Bruno Regeste and Laure Doyonnax	July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)
117 118	20	"Draw Me a Beeswax / Lara's Secret Love"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Françoise Charpiat, Karine Lollichon & Sophie Decroisette, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François	July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12)
119 120	21	"Private Property / The Killer Buzz"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin, Sophie Decroisette & Laure Doyonnax	July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19)
121 122	22	"The Fortune Teller / Willy in the Soup"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Sophie Decroisette, Bruno Merle & Jean-Rémi François	July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)
123 124	23	"Dung Ball Drama / The Plot"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Françoise Charpiat and Karine Lollichon	August 2, 2017 (2017-08-02)
125 126	24	"Cool in the Cooler / Second Class"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Bruno Merle and Jean-Rémi François	August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09)
127 128	25	"Little Treasure / Triple Trouble"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Françoise Charpiat, Karine Lollichon & Sophie Decroisette, Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin	August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16)
129 130	26	"Phobia / Maya Don't Go!"	Jérôme Mouscadet	Hervé Benedetti & Nicolas Robin, Françoise Charpiat & Karine Lollichon	August 23, 2017 (2017-08-23)

Controversy

In September 2017, parents spotted a drawing of a penis in the series' 35th episode. After the clip went viral on Facebook, Netflix temporarily removed the episode from the website. The episode subsequently returned with the offensive drawing edited out.[2] The production company apologized to many fans and stated it was "a very bad joke from one of the 150 artists working on the production".[3]

Games

• Fly With Maya aka Maya the Bee Flying Challenge[4]
• Paint With Maya aka Maya Nature Paint[5]

References

1. "Biene Maja (2010)" (in German). fernsehserien.de. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
2. Nyren, Erin. "Netflix Pulls Episode of Children's Cartoon With Penis Drawing". Variety. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
3. Keslassy, Maane Khatchatourian, Elsa; Khatchatourian, Maane; Keslassy, Elsa (2017-09-22). "Netflix Children's Show Production Company Calls Penis Drawing 'a Very Bad Joke'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
4. "Fly with Maya - Maya the Bee | Sprout". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
5. "Paint With Maya - Maya The Bee | Sprout". 2015-11-18. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2023-07-07.

External links

• Official website
• Spanish website
• Maya the Bee Movie on Studio 100
• Maya the Bee at IMDb