Bee

A bee is a type of stinging insect that typically makes honey. In the natural world there are over 20,000 known species of bee.In the Hundred Acre Woods, bees largely serve as antagonists or obstacles to Winnie the Pooh, who often tries to swipe honey from their hives. He has been known to use a balloon to try to reach these hives in the trees, but the bees stingers can pop the balloon. Occasionally, Pooh will try other tactics, such as talking directly to the bees, with varying degrees of success depending on the particular Pooh series and the bees' mood.

Bees have been featured in the various Winnie the Pooh series in a number of unusual and sometimes unique ways. For example, in The Book of Pooh story "Busy as a Spelling Bee," Piglet accidentally sat on a rare type of bee called a "spelling bee" (a wordplay on the popular school competition in which the participants compete to spell difficult words.) The incident became the basis for the song "Under a Spelling Bee's Spell," in which Owl warned Piglet that "you may get a rare disease that you get when you sit on bees." In another story from The Book of Pooh, "The Spice of Life," the bees of the Hundred Acre Wood went on strike, as Pooh was able to determine by talking to them. This led to a honey shortage and so Pooh's friends, worried about him not eating, tried to convince him to try other types of food.

In the Kingdom Hearts series of games, bees are the only creatures within the Hundred Acre Woods that the main character, Sora, can attack with his keyblade. At least two minigames in the series require Sora to completely clear an area of the Hundred Acre Woods of bees within a set time period in order to help Pooh obtain honey. At least one other features swarms of bees that attempt to pop a balloon that Pooh is riding on in order to prevent him from reaching the honey.