If you love honey, nature, and bees, then this list of the best Bee Movie quotes is for you!
When we were kids, we were told bees were dangerous and harmful. That’s why if we see one in the house, we always drive them away to prevent us from being stung.
But, after the release of the Bee Movie, a lot of people changed their perspective about bees and started to appreciate their purpose.
Bee Movie is a 2007 animated comedy movie produced by DreamWorks Animation. It is about Barry B. Benson, a bee who sues the human race after learning that humans sell and consume their honey. Although his journey was rough, this never stopped him from fighting for the rights of bees.
If you’re interested in learning more about the Bee Movie, check out our complete list below! By reading this, you’ll learn how amazing bees are and why they’re essential to our environment!
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And don’t forget to check out these Meet the Robinsons quotes and Surf’s Up quotes.
Best Bee Movie Quotes
1. “Larry, bees have never been afraid to change the world. I mean, what about Bee Columbus, Bee Gandhi, Bee-Jesus?” – Barry B. Benson
2. “We demand an end to the glorification of the bear as nothing more than a vicious, smelly, ill-tempered, big-headed stink machine. I believe we all know what they do in the woods.” – Barry B. Benson
3. “According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible.” – Narrator
4. Barry B. Benson: “How about a suicide pact?”
Vanessa Bloome: “How do we do it?”
Barry B. Benson: “I’ll sting you. You step on me.”
Vanessa Bloome: “That just kills you twice.”
5. Vanessa Bloome: “Why don’t you just fly everywhere? Isn’t it faster?”
Barry B. Benson: “Flying is exhausting. Why don’t you humans just run everywhere? Isn’t that faster?”
Vanessa Bloome: “I see your point.”
6. Barry B. Benson: “Listen, everyone. This runway is covered with the last pollen from the last flowers available anywhere on Earth. That means this is our last chance. We’re the only ones who make honey, pollinate flowers, and dress like this. If we’re going to survive as a species, this is our moment. So what do you all say? Are we going to be bees or just a museum of natural history key chains?”
Bees: “We’re bees!”
Keychain Bee: “Keychain!”
Barry B. Benson: “Then follow me! Except for keychain.”
Bee Movie Quotes That Zoom in on the Characters’ Iconic Lines
7. “Yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black. Oh, black and yellow. Yeah, let’s shake it up a little.” – Barry B. Benson
8. “He’s no goodfella. He’s a badfella!” – Barry B. Benson
9. “We’re very proud of you, son, and a perfect report card—all B’s!” – Martin Benson
10. “This is your queen? That’s a guy in women’s clothes! That’s a drag queen!” – Barry B. Benson
11. Vanessa Bloome: “It’s very hard to concentrate with that panicky tone in your voice.”
Barry B. Benson: “It’s not a tone. I’m panicking!”
12. Vanessa Bloome: “My only interest is flowers.”
Barry B. Benson: “You know, our last queen was elected with that very slogan.”
13. “Thanks for the coffee. Sorry I couldn’t finish it. If I did, I’d be up the rest of my life.” – Barry B. Benson
14. “Who can deny the heart that is yearning?” – Barry B. Benson
15. Vanessa Bloome: “He’s just a little bee, and he happens to be the nicest I’ve met in a long time!”
Ken: “Long time? What are you talking about? Are there other bugs in your life?”
Vanessa Bloome: “No, but there are other things bugging me in life. And you’re one of them!”
Ken: “Fine! Talking bees, No yogurt night. My nerves are fried from riding on this emotional rollercoaster!”
Vanessa Bloome: “Goodbye, Ken.”
Ken: “And for your information, I prefer sugar-free, artificial sweeteners made by man!”
Bee Movie Quotes That’ll Transport You Back to Your Favorite Scenes
16. Pollen Jock: “Hold on, Barry, you earned this.”
Barry B. Benson: “I’m a pollen jock! And it’s a perfect fit. All I gotta do are the sleeves! Oh yeah!”
Janet Benson: “That’s our Barry!”
17. Martin Benson: “We’re still here, Barry.”
Janet Benson: “I told you not to yell at him. He doesn’t have a responsibility when you yell at him.”
Martin Benson: “Then why are you yelling at me?”
Janet Benson: “Because you don’t listen!”
Martin Benson: “Argh, I’m not listening to this.”
18. Layton T. Montgomery: “Mr. Benson Bee, I’m going to ask what I think the entire court here would like to know, what exactly is your relationship to that woman?”
Barry B. Benson: “We’re friends.”
Layton T. Montgomery: “Good friends?”
Barry B. Benson: “Yes.”
Layton T. Montgomery: “How good?”
Barry B. Benson: “Now, hang on—.”
Layton T. Montgomery: “Do you live together?”
Barry B. Benson: “Wait, that’s not—.”
Layton T. Montgomery: “Are you her little—bedbug?”
19. Adam Flayman: “He’s dating a human florist! And they make out!”
Janet Benson: “Barry—.”
Barry B. Benson: “We do not make out.”
Adam Flayman: “You wish you could!”
20. Martin Benson: “Our son, the stirrer.”
Janet Benson: “You’re gonna be a stirrer?”
Barry B. Benson: “Nobody’s listening to me!”
Martin Benson: “Wait’ll you see the sticks I have for you?”
Barry B. Benson: “I can say anything I want right now. I’m gonna get an ant tattoo!”
Janet Benson: “Let’s open up some fresh honey and celebrate!”
Barry B. Benson: “Maybe I’ll pierce my thorax. Shave my antennae. Shack it up with a grasshopper. Get a gold tooth, and start calling everybody ‘dawg!’”
Humorous Bee Movie Quotes That Highlight Their Nature
21. “We’re the only ones who make honey, pollinate flowers, and dress like this!” – Barry B. Benson
22. Trudy: “And you’ll be happy to know that bees as a species haven’t had a day off in 27 billion years. Whew!”
Barry B. Benson: “So you’ll just work us to death?”
Trudy: “We’ll sure try.”
23. Barry B. Benson: “I see you also made Honeyburton and Honron!”
Klauss Vanderhayden: “Yes, they provide beekeepers for our farms.”
Barry B. Benson: “Beekeeper. I find that a very disturbing term if I have to say it. I don’t imagine you employ any beefreers, do you?”
Klauss Vanderhayden: “No.”
Barry B. Benson: “I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear you.”
Klauss Vanderhayden: “No.”
Barry B. Benson: “No. Because you don’t free bees, you keep bees.”
24. Barry B. Benson: “What in the name of mighty Hercules is this? How did this get here? Cute Bee? Golden Blossom? Ray Liotta Private Select?”
Vanessa Bloome: “What is he, an actor?”
Barry B. Benson: “I’ve never heard of him. What is this doing here?”
Vanessa Bloome: “For people. We eat it.”
Barry B. Benson: “You eat it? You don’t have enough food of your own? Where did you get this?”
Vanessa Bloome: “From bees. Bees make it.”
Barry B. Benson: “I know who makes it! And it’s hard to make it! There’s heating and stirring, and there’s this big krelman thing.”
Vanessa Bloome: “It’s organic.”
Barry B. Benson: “It’s our ganic!”
Vanessa Bloome: “It’s just honey, Barry.”
Barry B. Benson: “It’s just—what? This is our whole life, and you’re taking it without permission! This is stealing! You’re taking our homes, our schools, our hospitals. It’s all we have! And it’s on sale? I’m gonna get to the bottom of this. I’m gonna get to the bottom of all of it!”
25. Adam Flayman: “Hey, did you hear about Frankie?”
Barry B. Benson: “Yeah.”
Adam Flayman: “You going to his funeral?”
Barry B. Benson: “No, I’m not going to his funeral. Everybody knows you sting someone, and you die. You don’t waste it on a squirrel. He was such a hothead.”
Adam Flayman: “Yeah, I guess he could’ve just gotten out of the way.”
Funny Bee Movie Quotes That Will Make You Laugh Uncontrollably
26. “Wave to us! We’ll be in row 118,000.” – Martin Benson
27. Barry B. Benson: “Three days of grade school, three days of high school.”
Adam Flayman: “Those were tough days.”
Barry B. Benson: “Three days of college. I’m glad I took a day off in the middle to hitchhike around the hive.”
Adam Flayman: “You did come back different.”
28. Adam Flayman: “What do you think the humans will do to us if we lose?”
Barry B. Benson: “I don’t know, Adam.”
Adam Flayman: “I hear they put roaches in motels.”
Barry B. Benson: “Adam, they check in, but they never check out.”
29. Ken: “Well, well, well, a royal flush!”
Barry B. Benson: “You’re bluffing.”
Ken: “Am I?”
Barry B. Benson: “Surf’s up, dude!”
Ken: “Ew. Poo water.”
Bee Movie Quotes to Read for a Brighter Day Ahead
30. Vanessa Bloome: “How did you learn to do that?”
Barry B. Benson: “Do what?”
Vanessa Bloome: “That, that—the talking thing?”
Barry B. Benson: “Same way you did, I guess. Mama, dada, honey, you pick it up.”
31. “Barry, why don’t you use the stairs? Your father paid good money for those.” – Janet Benson
32. Adam Flayman: “Wow! She looked hot!”
Barry B. Benson: “She’s my cousin!”
Adam Flayman: “She is?”
Barry B. Benson: “Yes, we’re all cousins.”
More Bee Movie Quotes for Everyone Who Enjoyed It
33. Adam Flayman: “You met someone? Was she beeish? Not a wasp! Your parents will kill you. Is she a cicada?”
Barry B. Benson: “Nah.”
Adam Flayman: “Is it a spider?”
Barry B. Benson: “You know, I’ve never been attracted to spiders. I know they’re the hottest thing around, with the eight legs, but I just can’t get past that face.”
34. “Talking bee-ah! How do we know this isn’t some kind of holographic, motion-picture-capture Hollywood wizardry? They could be using laser beams! Robotics! Ventriloquism! Clones! For all we know, he could be on steroids!” – Layton T. Montgomery
35. Vanessa Bloome: “What happened here?”
Barry B. Benson: “I tried talking to these guys, and then there was a dustbuster, a toupee, and a liferaft exploded—now one’s bald, one’s in a boat, and they’re both unconscious!”
Vanessa Bloome: “Is that another bee joke?”
Have You Ever Considered What It Would Be Like to Be a Bee?
The Bee Movie shows how important it is to work hard and fight for what is right so that we can have justice, unity, and peace. We can get this lesson from Barry and his friends, who worked hard to fight against bad humans who kill bees.
They did their best to bring justice by making a pollination park for humans so they could live in peace. Yet, many still think this movie is teaching us silly lessons.
What they don’t know is that the Bee Movie shows us how we can use our attitude and skills to impact the world positively. This is highlighted in the movie through Barry and his adventures with Vanessa Bloome and the rest of the characters! They may be different—even different species—but that didn’t stop them from achieving their goals.
In our own lives, we also face many challenges every day. But, like Barry and his friends, always remember to be fair, careful, and responsible when making decisions. In this way, you cannot harm other people’s feelings because you are aware of the consequences of your actions.
Hopefully, this list of Bee Movie quotes was able to teach you many life lessons. Keep this collection in mind whenever you need a guide to being the best person you can be!
