Buzz Pollination - A Bumble Bee's Song!

I wrote another song for the Bees! 🐝💚

In 2021 I wrote my first Bee song- ‘World-Class pollinator’, and had so many people reach out to tell me they were learning it, or teaching it- in schools, village ukulele clubs, and Bee specific plays! 😍

This year I decided to focus on Bumblebees specifically, and their Buzz Pollination technique.
Instead of digital animation for the music video, this time I made a Bumblebee marionette puppet to bring the song to life!

This is the first marionette that I’ve made, there was a LOT of trial and error in the process! But a big personality emerged as I was making her, and I couldn’t wait to see her bust a move! 💃... She didn’t disappoint!

While researching bees for writing this song I learnt just how vital Bumble Bees are to the human food supply! I hope that this song can help spread awareness and love for these cool and important creatures. 🐝💚 I'll post the lyrics below.

P.S. I also learnt that both 'Bumblebee' and 'Bumble Bee' are correct - dictionaries leaning in favour of Bumblebee 📖, and scientists preferring Bumble Bee 🔬. 🤓

P.P.S. Happy World bee Day! Save the Bees! 🐝🐝🐝
'Buzz Pollination - A Bumble Bee’s Song'
by Tiffany Monk, 2026

I’m Fuzzy, I’m buzzy, A little bit clumsy
I’m more bumbly than my cousins who make the honey
But there are certain crops that need a bumblebee’s touch
‘Cuz we’re the only ones who can reach the good stuff
Other pollinators can’t get to the pollen
I’ll tell you all about it, cuz for us it’s common

We do this thing called Buzz Pollination
Our wing muscles beat fast which causes a vibration
Shakes up the pollen in the flower then
It sticks to our bodies and we do it again
We hop from flower to flower, crop to crop
We’ve gotta spread the pollen for the fruit to pop

‘Get sweet nectar from flowers which gives us energy
And the pollen provides protein for a growing bumble bee
It takes a lot to buzz around all day and pollinate the flowers
Helping grow the food with the nutritional powers
I carry lots of weight in my pollen baskets
I’ve got a lot to do on my important task list

To grow fruit trees, vegetables,
Tomatoes on the vine
You need a bit of soil, a bit of rain, and shine
And I’m trying to stay humble
But don’t forget the bumble
You also need the bees like me, we’re part of the jumble
The complex eco system, the circle of life
Put the weed killer away cause it’s causing me strife

I once heard a story about a lemon on a tree
About somebody who saw one and they couldn’t believe it
‘Cuz they’d only seen fruit at the grocery store
Wrapped in plastic, stacked on shelves was all they’d known before
And I’m here to remind you, that nature provides
And there’s a whole world waiting, go and play outside!

Видео Buzz Pollination - A Bumble Bee's Song! канала Tiffany Monk