Uploaded September 2010 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Air Date: 1/2/1992

Narrator - George Carlin (US)

Season 3 - Episode 17

When Duck and BoCo chatter about Bill and Ben, they nickname the twins "The Bees" for all the "buzzing about" they do. James snorts, thinking they're talking about actual bees, and remarks that he's not afraid of silly insects. However, at the station, a beehive breaks open and the passengers run for cover while the bees swarm round James's boiler to keep warm. One of the bees burns his foot, and, thinking James had burnt him on purpose, stings him right on the nose! Poor James (now with a red nose) tries everything to get rid of the bees, but after everything else fails they take them to the Vicarage Orchard, where they find new hives to live in. The Vicar is so pleased with James he calls him "the Bees' Knees!"