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{{short description|1912 novel by Waldemar Bonsels}}
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| films = ''Adventures of Maya the Bee'' (1926) <br> '']'' (2014) <br> '']'' (2018) <br> '']'' (2021)
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| vgs = '']'' (1999) <br> ''Maya the Bee – Garden Adventures'' (2000)<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323213345/http://www.keengames.com/products/former/maya_the_bee___garden_adventures/maya_the_bee___garden_adventures.html |date=March 23, 2008}}</ref> <br> ''Maya the Bee and Friends'' (2006)<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419060016/http://www.kiloo.com/brand_game_mayathebee.html |date=April 19, 2008}}</ref> <br> ''Maya the Bee: The Great Adventure'' (2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinen.com/games/game.php3?maya |title=Shin'en Maya the Bee |publisher=Shinen.com |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref> <br> ''Maya the Bee: Sweet Gold'' (2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinen.com/games/game.php3?maya2 |title=Shin'en Maya the Bee 2 |publisher=Shinen.com |date=March 18, 2005 |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref> <br> ''The Bee Game'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent-arts-software.de/index.php?id=39&L=1 |title=tBG GBA page |publisher=Independent-arts-software.de |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent-arts-software.de/index.php?id=35&L=1 |title=tBG DS page |publisher=Independent-arts-software.de |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mayabeegame.com/ |title=Midway the Bee Game page |publisher=Mayabeegame.com |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref> <br> ''Maya'' (2013) <br> ''Maya the Bee: The Nutty Race'' (2019)
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'''Maya the Bee''' ({{Langx|de|link=no|Die Biene Maja}}) is the main character in '''''The Adventures of Maya the Bee''''', a German book written by ] and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first American edition was published in 1922 by Thomas Seltzer and illustrated by ]. The latter's wife Adele Szold-Seltzer (1876-1940), the daughter of ] and younger sister of ], was the translator.<ref></ref>


The stories revolve around a little ] named Maya and her friends among bees, other insects and other creatures. The book depicts Maya's development from an adventurous youngster to a responsible adult member of bee society.
:''About Maya the Bee character is article ].''


==Plot==
'''The Adventures of Maya the Bee''' (German: ''Die Biene Maja'') is a German book, ] series and animated television series, first written by ] and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages.
Bonsels' original book contains fewer than 200 pages. The storyline is centered on the relation of Maya and her many adventures.


Maya is a bee born in a bee hive during internal unrest: the hive is dividing itself into two new colonies. Maya is raised by her teacher, Miss Cassandra. Despite Miss Cassandra's warnings, Maya wants to explore the wide world and commits the unforgivable crime of leaving the hive. During her adventures, Maya, now in exile, befriends other insects and braves dangers with them. In the climax of the book, Maya is taken prisoner by hornets, the bees' sworn enemies.
The stories revolve around a little ] named Maya and her friends Willy the bee, Flip the grasshopper (referred to as "Maja", "Willi" and "Philip" in some versions), Mrs. Cassandra (Maya's teacher), and many other insects and other creatures. The book depicts Maya's development from an adventurous youngster to a responsible adult member of bee society.


Prisoner of the hornets, Maya learns of a hornet plan to attack her native hive. Maya is faced with the decision to either return to hive and suffer her due punishment, saving the hive, or leaving the plan unannounced, saving herself but destroying the hive. After severe pondering, she makes the decision to return. In the hive, she announces the coming attack and is unexpectedly pardoned. The forewarned bees triumph over the hornet attack force. Maya, now a heroine of the hive, becomes a teacher like Miss Cassandra and shares her experiences and wisdom with the future generation.
== Film and TV series ==


=== Analysis of the book ===
], a German photographer, directed a live-action full-length film version of the story in 1924. It is considered to be the first full-length film to star live insects. The film was restored in 2005 by the ] together with the ]-Filmarchiv, and screened in ] and ].
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2018}}
Sulevi Riukulehto suggested that the book may have carried a political message. This view depicts the beehive as a well-organised militarist society and Maya as an ideal citizen. Elements of nationalism also appear when Maya gets angry at a grasshopper for failing to distinguish between ]s and ]s (whom she calls "a useless gang of bandits" that have no "home or faith" ) and at a insulting ], whom Maya threatens to teach "respect for bees" and with her stinger. Riukulehto interprets this to mean that respect is based on the threat of violence. Collectivism versus individualism is also a theme. Maya's independence and departure from the beehive is seen as reproachable, but it is atoned by her warning of the hornets' attack. This show of loyalty restores her position in the society. In the hornet attack part of the story, the bees' will to defend the hive and the heroic deaths of bee officers are glorified, often in overtly ] tones.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Sulevi |last=Riukulehto |title=Lukiko Hitler Maija Mehiläistä? – Politiikka luuraa lastenkirjoissa. Tieteessä tapahtuu, 2001/7 |journal=Tieteessä Tapahtuu |date=October 2001 |volume=19 |issue=7 |publisher= Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta. |url=https://journal.fi/tt/article/view/58091/19774}}</ref>


After ], adaptations toned down the militarist element considerably, and reduced the hornets' role. The 1975 anime added the character of Willy, a lazy and quite un-warlike drone bee. In the cartoon series, the briskly marching, but ridiculously incompetent ] armies provide a parody of militarism.
Perhaps the most popular and widely known adaptation of the story is the anime television series '']'' みつばちマーヤの冒険 (''Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken'', "The Adventures of Maya the Honeybee"). Originally aired on Japanese TV in 1975, the anime has been dubbed into 42 languages<ref>{{cite web|author=by Filip Rožánek |url=http://blok.rozanek.cz/2007/02/09/patecni-youtubeni-vcelka-maja/ |title=Páteční youtubení: Včelka Mája &#124; Blok Filipa Rožánka |publisher=Blok.rozanek.cz |date=2007-02-13 |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref> and screened on television in various territories, including ], Australia, Germany, the United States, ], Portugal, Canada, ], the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, ], ], ], ], ], Italy, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Spain, ], ], Poland, ], ], Russia, ], ] as "Zena", and ] as "Nikoo" (نیکو). The Japanese TV series was preceded by ]'s ] based on the short story, presented as ''Mitsubachi Māya'' ("Maya the Honeybee"), distributed on a ].


==Main characters==
The original theme was composed by ] and sung by ] in the German, ] and ] versions; ] in the ] version.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
* Maya – Bee: The series main protagonist, she loves freedom and living in the meadow by herself, unlike other bees who live in the hive. She is good, fair, happy and willing to help everybody.
* Miss Cassandra – Bee, a teacher at the Bee-School.


The following characters only appear in the animated series and films:
A new TV series using ] of 78 episodes of 13 minutes is currently produced by ] (2012).<ref>{{cite web |title=Studio100 &raquo; Animation |publisher= studio100.tv |url=http://www.studio100.tv/activities/animation/}}</ref> Director is ]. Even before premiere was sold licence for broadcasting to more of 150 countryes. Serial was created in studios in ].<ref>http://www.studio100.tv/activities/animation/</ref> In this serial is few new characters and Maya live around of hive, in contrast with older series, where she lived far away from she hive.
* Willy – Bee: Lazy, clumsy, and cowardly, sometimes a showoff, but generally good-natured, Willy is not featured in the original Bonsels story, but is a major character in all adaptations other than the 1926 film. His relationship to Maya is depicted inconsistently: in most adaptations, he is her best friend, who is secretly in love with her, prone to jealousy when Maya's attentions turn to others. He is often reluctantly dragged into adventures by Maya.
* Flip (or Philip) – Grasshopper: A wise friend of Maya and Willy, he is introduced first in the animated series. Whether he is meant to be identical with the unnamed grasshopper of the book is unclear.
* Alexander (or Aleksander) – Mouse: Intellectual, whose level of respect among the other creatures, and close friendship with Maya, often sends Willy into jealous rages. He appears only in the second season of the older animated series (1978).


==Films, anime and television==
==Plot==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;"
Bonsels' original book contains fewer than 200 pages. The storyline is centered on the relation of Maya and her many adventures.
|-
! rowspan=3| Crew !! colspan=2| Television series !! colspan=3| Feature films
|-
! '']'' !! '']'' !! '']'' !! '']'' !! '']''
|-
! 1975–1980 !! 2012–2017 !! 2014 !! 2018 !! 2021
|-
! Director(s)
| Masahiro Endô and Hiroshi Saitô || Daniel Duda and Jérôme Mouscadet || Alexs Stadermann || Noel Cleary, Sergio Delfino and Alexs Stadermann || Noel Cleary
|-
! Producer(s)
| colspan=2 {{N/A}} || Barbara Stephen and Thorsten Wegener || Tracy Lennon, Brian Rosen and Thorsten Wegener || Tracy Lenon and Benjamin Ey
|-
! Executive producer(s)
| {{N/A}} || Katell France || Jim Ballantine and Patrick Elemendorff || Barbara Stephen and Hans-Ulrich Stoef || Martin Krieger, Barbara Stephen and Thorsten Wegener
|-
! Writer(s)
| colspan=2| Various || Fin Edquist and Marcus Sauermann || {{small|Story by:}}<br>Noel Cleary, Fin Edquist and Alexs Stadermann || Adrian Bickenbach and Fin Edquist
|-
! Composer
| ] || Fabrice Aboulker || colspan=3| Ute Engelhardt
|-
! Editor
| Marty Murphy || Johanna Goldschmidt || colspan=3| Adam Rainford
|-
! Production company
| ] || Studio 100 Animation<br>ZDF<br>] || {{ubl|]|]|]|]|]}} || {{ubl|Studio 100 Animation|]|Screen Australia}} || Studio 100 Animation
|-
! U.S. distribution
| ] ||]|| colspan="3" |]
|-
! Released
| {{Start date|1975|4|1}} – {{End date|1980|9|13}} || {{Start date|2012|9|5}} – {{End date|2017|8|23}} || {{start date|2015|3|8}} || {{start date|2018|5|1}} || {{start date|2021|1|7}}
|}


===1926 film===
Maya is a bee born in a bee hive during internal unrest: the hive is dividing itself into two new colonies. Maya is raised by her teacher, Mrs. Cassandra. Despite Mrs. Cassandra's warnings, Maya wants to explore the wide world and commits the unforgivable crime of leaving the hive. During her adventures, Maya, now in exile, befriends other insects and braves dangers with them. In the climax of the book, Maya is taken prisoner by hornets, the bees' sworn enemies.
German director Wolfram Junghans made a 1926 silent version ("starring" real insects). The film was lost for a decade until the only original copy of the film was found in ].<ref name="elokuva-arkisto"> Suomen Elokuva-arkisto (in Finnish)</ref> The material was restored in 2005 with a new musical score and released on DVD in 2012, in collaboration with the ] and the ], and the film was screened in both ] and ].<ref>2012 DVD release by seeberfilm.com</ref><ref name="elokuva-arkisto"/>


===1975 anime===
Prisoner of the hornets, Maya learns of a hornet plan to attack her native hive. Maya is faced with the decision to either return to hive and suffer her due punishment, saving the hive, or leaving the plan unannounced, saving herself but destroying the hive. As may be expected, Maya, after severe pondering, makes the decision to return. In the hive, she announces the coming attack and is, totally unexpectedly, pardoned. The forewarned bees triumph over the hornet attack force. Maya, now a heroine of the hive, becomes a teacher, like Mrs. Cassandra and shares her experiences and wisdom with the future generation.
The most popular and widely known adaptation of the story is the Japanese anime {{nihongo|'']''|みつばちマーヤの冒険|Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken|"The Adventures of Maya the Honeybee"}}. Originally aired on Japanese TV in 1975, the anime has been dubbed into 42 languages<ref>{{cite web |author=Filip Rožánek |url=http://blok.rozanek.cz/2007/02/09/patecni-youtubeni-vcelka-maja/ |title=Páteční youtubení: Včelka Mája {{pipe}} Blok Filipa Rožánka |publisher=Blok.rozanek.cz |date=February 13, 2007 |access-date=April 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217105119/http://blok.rozanek.cz/2007/02/09/patecni-youtubeni-vcelka-maja/ |archive-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2023}} and screened on television in various territories. The Japanese TV series was preceded by ]'s ] based on the short story, presented as ''Mitsubachi Māya'' ("Maya the Honeybee"), distributed on an ].


The original theme was composed by ] and sung by ] in the German, Czech and ] versions, and ] in the ] version.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/kultura/televize/popularni-vcelka-maja-se-vraci-ve-3d-karel-gott-nechybi_261429.html|title=Populární včelka Mája se vrací ve 3D. Karel Gott nechybí|date=February 15, 2013|publisher=]|language=cs|access-date=May 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/7/3085/Artykul/985388,Jak-Zbigniew-Wodecki-zostal-Pszczolka-Maja|title=Jak Zbigniew Wodecki został Pszczółką Mają|date=November 24, 2013|publisher=]|language=pl|access-date=May 3, 2014}}</ref>
=== Analysis of the book ===


===2012 TV series===
The original book from 1912 was a fable with a political message, analogously to ]'s or ]'s work. Maya represents the ideal citizen, and the beehive represents a well-organized militarist society. It has also elements of nationalism and racism. Maya gets angry in two instances. First, a grasshopper fails to distinguish between ]s and ]s. Maya's vicious verbal attack includes calling the wasps "a useless gang of bandits" that have no "home or faith" . Second, a ] calls Maya an idiot, which prompts Maya to shout that she's going to teach "respect for bees" and to threaten the fly with her stinger. This is analyzed such that respect is based on the threat of violence. Collectivism versus individualism is also a theme. Maya's independence and departure from the beehive is seen as reproachable, but it is atoned by her warning of the hornets' attack. This show of loyalty restores her position in the society. In the hornet attack part of the story, the bees' will to defend and the heroic deaths of bee officers are glorified, often in overtly ] tones.<ref>{{cite web |first=Sulevi |last=Riukulehto |title=Lukiko Hitler Maija Mehiläistä? - Politiikka luuraa lastenkirjoissa. Tieteessä tapahtuu, 2001/7 |publisher= Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta. |url=http://www.tieteessatapahtuu.fi/017/riukulehto.htm}}</ref>
In 2012 ] produced a 78-episode, ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Studio100 » Animation |website=Studio100.tv |access-date=January 4, 2018 |url=http://www.studio100.tv/activities/animation/ |archive-date=September 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927115002/http://www.studio100.tv/activities/animation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The series was rendered in ] animation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vlessing|first1=Etan|title=Canada's Thunderbird Films Steers 'Maya the Bee' into North America|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadas-thunderbird-films-steers-maya-321526|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 8, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> A second 52 episode season aired in 2017.


===Film series===
In the post-WWII adaptions, the militarist element was naturally toned down considerably, the hornets' role reduced, and the character of Willy, a lazy and quite un-warlike drone bee, was introduced (he does not appear in the novel). In the cartoon series, the briskly marching, but ridiculously incompetent ] armies provide a ] of militarism.
A ] based upon the 2012 series was released.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zahed|first1=Ramin|title=Flying Bark Launches 'Maya the Bee' Movie|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/flying-bark-launches-maya-the-bee-movie/|work=Animation Magazine|date=November 23, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> In 2018, a sequel to the 2014 film, titled '']'', was released on March 1 in Germany and May 1 in United States.


A third film, titled '']'' was released on January 7, 2021, in ]. It was delayed from its original 2020 release date due to the ].
==Main characters==


An upcoming spin-off film titled ''Arnie & Barney'' will be released in early 2026.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/10/studio-100-international-announces-maya-the-bee-spinoff-film-arnie-barney/ | title=Studio 100 International Announces 'Maya the Bee' Spinoff Film 'Arnie & Barney' | date=October 3, 2024 }}</ref>
''Main article: ]''


==Stage performances==
* ''']''' - Bee. The series main protagonist. She loves freedom, living in the meadow by herself unlike other bees who live in the hive.
===Opera===
* '''Willy (or Willi)''' - Drone bee. Lazy, clumsy, and cowardly, sometimes jealous, but generally good-natured - not featured in the original Bonsels story, but a major character in all spin-off media. His relationship to Maya is depicted inconsistently: in most adaptations, he's her best friend, who is in love with her; in others, he's something of a de facto dependent; and in several episodes of the English adaptation, he's mentioned as her brother.
''Maya the Bee'' also served as the basis for a children's opera written by the Croatian composer ] in 1963. In 2008 it was staged in ], as part of their Carinthian Summer Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carinthischersommer.at/index.php?set_language=de&cccpage=english_information |title=Carinthischer Sommer|website=Carinthischersommer.at |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref> This performance was distinguished by having the "bees" played by children and not professional opera singers as it is usually the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carinthischersommer.at/index.php?set_language=de&cccpage=programm_juli_detail&set_z_veranstaltungen=12 |title=Carinthischer Sommer |website=Carinthischersommer.at |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref>
* '''Flip (or Philip)''' - Grasshopper. A wise friend of Maya and Willi.
* Alexander - mouse. Intellectual, whose level of respect among the other creatures, and close friendship with Maya, often sends Willy into jealous rages.
* '''Kurt''' - Dungbeetle who likes to be a "rose-beetle." His name is inconsistent in the English adaptation, as he's often referred to by the name Beasley in some episodes, and Kurt in others.
* '''Puck''' - Fly, who often educates the other insects about human lifestyles and behaviors.
* '''Kassandra''' - Bee, Teacher at the Bee-School
* '''Thekla''' - spider and occasional villain. Referred to as Gremilda in some episodes of the English adaptation, and Grimelda in others.


===Puppet musical===
==Opera==
Singer-songwriter ] created a jazz-musical version of the story, called ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'', that featured puppets by Zofia Czechlewska. Harrow's adaptation was produced in New York City by The Culture Project in 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/reviews/Maya.html |title=A review of Maya the Bee |website=Sagecraft.com |access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> and was revived in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nancyharrow.com/maya.php |title=The Culture Project presents The Adventures of Maya the Bee |website=Nancyharrow.com |access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
''Maya the Bee'' also served as the basis for a children's opera written by the Croatian composer ] in 1963. It was recently staged in ] as part of their Carinthian Summer Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carinthischersommer.at/index.php?set_language=de&cccpage=english_information |title=Carinthischer Sommer 2012 &#124; Festival Ossiach - Villach |publisher=Carinthischersommer.at |date= |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref> This performance was distinguished by having the "bees" played by children and not professional opera singers as it is usually the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carinthischersommer.at/index.php?set_language=de&cccpage=programm_juli_detail&set_z_veranstaltungen=12 |title=Carinthischer Sommer 2012 &#124; Festival Ossiach - Villach |publisher=Carinthischersommer.at |date= |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref>

===Musical===
In October 2016, Belgian company ] (the current owners of the series) created a Flemish stage musical called ''Maya en de Pollenbollen'' based on the 2012 series that has the people dressed in costumes for the characters from the show. The show contains songs made by Studio 100 with a few news songs created exclusively for the show. The musical centers around Maya alongside Flip and Beatrice celebrating Willy's birthday. The musical later returned in the Spring of 2017.

Since 2016, live actors from the original stage show make numerous appearances at numerous stage shows and special events held by Studio 100. Notably Studio 100's annual "De Grote Sinterklaasshow" held from late November till early December featuring ] and Zwarte Pieten watching various Studio 100 characters such as ], and ] (including Maya and friends) perform musical numbers on stage. The same actress that portrayed Maya in the musical is also the official Flemish voice of the character and reprised her role for Studio 100's "De Liedjestuin" where Maya is singing various Dutch children's songs and nursery rhymes. In the French and Walloon version "Le Jardin des Refrains", Maya is played by a different actress.

==Amusement parks==
After Studio 100's acquisition of the franchise, ] began expanding the franchise to its own theme parks. ] opened an indoor children's area called "Mayaland" on July 3, 2011, before the CGI incarnation's begun airing on numerous television stations across Europe. Maya alongside Flip, and Willy would also appear at other Plopsa owned parks such as ] and Plopsa Indoor Hasselt. In Poland, Plopsa opened an indoor theme park called "Majaland Kownaty" which opened to the public on September 28, 2018, which is mostly themed to Maya the Bee but features other Studio 100's IPs (such as Bumba and ]).

A year after Mayaland opened in Plopsaland, ], a similar Maya the Bee children's area called "Majaland" opened on March 31, 2012.


==Video games== ==Video games==
===Video game background===
* '''Maya The Bee & Her Friends''' (] - 1999)
The origins of the ''Maya the Bee'' video games originated from a '']'' ] for the ] developed by ] in development in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Park - Unseen64|url=https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/05/south-park-gbc-cancelled/|website=Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!|date=5 April 2008|access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref> The title was eventually cancelled due to ''South Park'' creators ] and ] stating that the game's mature themes would be inappropriate for the Game Boy Color, whose major demographic was children. A year later in 1999, the unreleased game's engine and assets were reused for two additional Game Boy Color titles from Crawfish and Acclaim - '']'', which was released exclusively in Europe, and ''The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley'', based on the ] franchise and was released in ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22The%2BNew%2BAdventures%2Bof%2BMary-Kate%2B&%2BAshley%22%2Bfor%2BGame%2BBoy%2BColor%2Bin...-a058272851|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201165413/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22The+New+Adventures+of+Mary-Kate+%26+Ashley%22+for+Game+Boy+Color+in...-a058272851|title="The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley" for Game Boy Color in Stores Now; Newest Title From Club Acclaim and Dualstar Interactive Ships for This Holiday Season|website=]|archivedate=December 1, 2008|date=December 16, 1999|accessdate=August 14, 2022|via=]}}</ref><ref name="LoChiatto">{{Cite web |last=LoChiatto |first=Jonathan |date=2021-08-07 |title=How South Park's First Handheld Game Became a Mary Kate & Ashley Tie-In |url=https://www.cbr.com/south-park-canceled-game-mary-kate-ashley/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> being the first of the various ] based on the duo.
Developed by Crawfish, published by ].

* '''Maya The Bee - Garden Adventures''' (] - 2000)<ref>{{dead link|date=April 2012}}</ref>
===Games released===
Developed by ], published by Acclaim.
* '''Maya the Bee and Friends''' (] – 2006)<ref>{{dead link|date=April 2012}}</ref> * '']'' (] – 1999): developed by Crawfish, published by ].
* ''Maya the Bee: Garden Adventures'' (Game Boy Color – 2000): developed by Neon Studios and ], published by Acclaim and Plan-B Media.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323213345/http://www.keengames.com/products/former/maya_the_bee___garden_adventures/maya_the_bee___garden_adventures.html|date=March 23, 2008}}</ref>
Developed by ] and co-published by Plan-B Media.
* ''Maya the Bee: What a Thunderstorm'' (] – 2001): developed by Junior Interactive, published by Tivola.
* '''Maya the Bee: The Great Adventure''' (] – 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinen.com/games/game.php3?maya |title=Shin'en Maya the Bee |publisher=Shinen.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref>
* ''Maya the Bee: The Great Adventure'' (] – 2002): developed by ], published by Acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinen.com/games/game.php3?maya |title=Shin'en Maya the Bee |publisher=Shinen.com |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref>
Developed by ], published by Acclaim.
* ''Maya the Bee: A Wonderful Surprise!'' (PC – 2004): developed by The Web Production, published by Tivola.
* '''Maya the Bee: Sweet Gold''' (] – 2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinen.com/games/game.php3?maya2 |title=Shin'en Maya the Bee 2 |publisher=Shinen.com |date=2005-03-18 |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref>
Developed by Shin'en Multimedia, published by ]. * ''Maya the Bee: Sweet Gold'' (Game Boy Advance – 2005): developed by Shin'en Multimedia, published by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinen.com/games/game.php3?maya2 |title=Shin'en Maya the Bee 2 |publisher=Shinen.com |date=March 18, 2005 |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref>
* ''Maya the Bee and Friends'' (] – 2006): developed by ] and co-published by Plan-B Media.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419060016/http://www.kiloo.com/brand_game_mayathebee.html |date=April 19, 2008}}</ref>
* '''the Bee Game''' (Game Boy Advance,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent-arts-software.de/index.php?id=39&L=1 |title=tBG GBA page |publisher=Independent-arts-software.de |date= |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent-arts-software.de/index.php?id=35&L=1 |title=tBG DS page |publisher=Independent-arts-software.de |date= |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref> – 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mayabeegame.com/ |title=Midway the Bee Game page |publisher=Mayabeegame.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-30}}</ref>
* ''The Bee Game'' (Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS - 2007): ''The Bee Game'' is an adventure video game released for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, developed by German studio Independent Arts Software. The game lets players experience the adventures of Maya the Bee and her friend Willie as they search for their friends, lost from a strong storm that has blown through Corn Poppy Meadow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent-arts-software.de/index.php?id=39&L=1 |title=tBG GBA page |publisher=Independent-arts-software.de |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent-arts-software.de/index.php?id=35&L=1 |title=tBG DS page |publisher=Independent-arts-software.de |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mayabeegame.com/ |title=Midway the Bee Game page |publisher=Mayabeegame.com |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Chris |date=November 6, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/06/the-bee-game-review |title=The Bee Game Review (NDS) |publisher=] |access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>
Developed by Independent Arts Software GmbH, published by Midway (based on previous work by Shin'en).{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}
* ''Maya'' (Nintendo DS – 2013): developed by Studio 100 and ], published by Bandai Namco Games Europe.
* ''Maya the Bee: The Nutty Race'' (iOS and Android – 2019): ], developed by Midnight Pigeon in cooperation with Studio 100.


==Merchandising== ==Merchandising==
Many companies contributed worldwide to the success of the character by producing and selling merchandising. Most of them were drawn between 1976 and 1986 by the French licensed characters specialist André Roche.<ref></ref> His works have included motifs for textiles, porcelain, books, comics and games, including a campaign for ] Eggs. Many companies contributed worldwide to the success of the character by producing and selling merchandising. Most of them were drawn between 1976 and 1986 by the French licensed characters specialist André Roche.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kinder-characters-creator.illustration.de|title=- Holzwickeder Sport Club|website=kinder-characters-creator.illustration.de|access-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709112447/http://kinder-characters-creator.illustration.de/|archive-date=July 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> His works have included motifs for textiles, porcelain, books, comics and games, including a campaign for ] Eggs.


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*The Finnish Film Archive (Nov. 23, 2005). (in Finnish). Retrieved Jan. 20, 2006.
* The Finnish Film Archive (November 23, 2005). (in Finnish). Retrieved January 20, 2006.
*. Retrieved Jan. 20, 2006.
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410013322/http://www.cinefest.de/e/pro_filme.php |date=April 10, 2008 }}. Retrieved January 20, 2006.
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1912 novel by Waldemar Bonsels This article is about the novel and character. For the Japanese anime series, see Maya the Honey Bee. For the German CGI series, see Maya the Bee (TV series). For the first CGI film, see Maya the Bee (film). "Die Biene Maja" redirects here. For the song, see Die Biene Maja (song).

Maya the Bee
A wood carving of Maya and Willy at Przedszkole z Oddziałami in Warsaw, Poland
Created byWaldemar Bonsels
Original workBooks
Print publications
Book(s)The Adventures of Maya the Bee
Films and television
Film(s)Adventures of Maya the Bee (1926)
Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
Maya the Bee: The Honey Games (2018)
Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb (2021)
Television seriesMaya the Honey Bee (1975-1980)
Maya the Bee (2012-2017)
Games
Video game(s)Maya the Bee & Her Friends (1999)
Maya the Bee – Garden Adventures (2000)
Maya the Bee and Friends (2006)
Maya the Bee: The Great Adventure (2002)
Maya the Bee: Sweet Gold (2005)
The Bee Game (2007)
Maya (2013)
Maya the Bee: The Nutty Race (2019)

Maya the Bee (German: Die Biene Maja) is the main character in The Adventures of Maya the Bee, a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first American edition was published in 1922 by Thomas Seltzer and illustrated by Homer Boss. The latter's wife Adele Szold-Seltzer (1876-1940), the daughter of Benjamin Szold and younger sister of Henrietta Szold, was the translator.

The stories revolve around a little bee named Maya and her friends among bees, other insects and other creatures. The book depicts Maya's development from an adventurous youngster to a responsible adult member of bee society.

Plot

Bonsels' original book contains fewer than 200 pages. The storyline is centered on the relation of Maya and her many adventures.

Maya is a bee born in a bee hive during internal unrest: the hive is dividing itself into two new colonies. Maya is raised by her teacher, Miss Cassandra. Despite Miss Cassandra's warnings, Maya wants to explore the wide world and commits the unforgivable crime of leaving the hive. During her adventures, Maya, now in exile, befriends other insects and braves dangers with them. In the climax of the book, Maya is taken prisoner by hornets, the bees' sworn enemies.

Prisoner of the hornets, Maya learns of a hornet plan to attack her native hive. Maya is faced with the decision to either return to hive and suffer her due punishment, saving the hive, or leaving the plan unannounced, saving herself but destroying the hive. After severe pondering, she makes the decision to return. In the hive, she announces the coming attack and is unexpectedly pardoned. The forewarned bees triumph over the hornet attack force. Maya, now a heroine of the hive, becomes a teacher like Miss Cassandra and shares her experiences and wisdom with the future generation.

Analysis of the book

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Sulevi Riukulehto suggested that the book may have carried a political message. This view depicts the beehive as a well-organised militarist society and Maya as an ideal citizen. Elements of nationalism also appear when Maya gets angry at a grasshopper for failing to distinguish between bees and wasps (whom she calls "a useless gang of bandits" that have no "home or faith" ) and at a insulting fly, whom Maya threatens to teach "respect for bees" and with her stinger. Riukulehto interprets this to mean that respect is based on the threat of violence. Collectivism versus individualism is also a theme. Maya's independence and departure from the beehive is seen as reproachable, but it is atoned by her warning of the hornets' attack. This show of loyalty restores her position in the society. In the hornet attack part of the story, the bees' will to defend the hive and the heroic deaths of bee officers are glorified, often in overtly militarist tones.

After World War II, adaptations toned down the militarist element considerably, and reduced the hornets' role. The 1975 anime added the character of Willy, a lazy and quite un-warlike drone bee. In the cartoon series, the briskly marching, but ridiculously incompetent ant armies provide a parody of militarism.

Main characters

  • Maya – Bee: The series main protagonist, she loves freedom and living in the meadow by herself, unlike other bees who live in the hive. She is good, fair, happy and willing to help everybody.
  • Miss Cassandra – Bee, a teacher at the Bee-School.

The following characters only appear in the animated series and films:

  • Willy – Bee: Lazy, clumsy, and cowardly, sometimes a showoff, but generally good-natured, Willy is not featured in the original Bonsels story, but is a major character in all adaptations other than the 1926 film. His relationship to Maya is depicted inconsistently: in most adaptations, he is her best friend, who is secretly in love with her, prone to jealousy when Maya's attentions turn to others. He is often reluctantly dragged into adventures by Maya.
  • Flip (or Philip) – Grasshopper: A wise friend of Maya and Willy, he is introduced first in the animated series. Whether he is meant to be identical with the unnamed grasshopper of the book is unclear.
  • Alexander (or Aleksander) – Mouse: Intellectual, whose level of respect among the other creatures, and close friendship with Maya, often sends Willy into jealous rages. He appears only in the second season of the older animated series (1978).

Films, anime and television

Crew Television series Feature films
Maya the Honey Bee Maya the Bee Maya the Bee Movie Maya the Bee:
The Honey Games		 Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb
1975–1980 2012–2017 2014 2018 2021
Director(s) Masahiro Endô and Hiroshi Saitô Daniel Duda and Jérôme Mouscadet Alexs Stadermann Noel Cleary, Sergio Delfino and Alexs Stadermann Noel Cleary
Producer(s) — Barbara Stephen and Thorsten Wegener Tracy Lennon, Brian Rosen and Thorsten Wegener Tracy Lenon and Benjamin Ey
Executive producer(s) — Katell France Jim Ballantine and Patrick Elemendorff Barbara Stephen and Hans-Ulrich Stoef Martin Krieger, Barbara Stephen and Thorsten Wegener
Writer(s) Various Fin Edquist and Marcus Sauermann Story by:
Noel Cleary, Fin Edquist and Alexs Stadermann		 Adrian Bickenbach and Fin Edquist
Composer Karel Svoboda Fabrice Aboulker Ute Engelhardt
Editor Marty Murphy Johanna Goldschmidt Adam Rainford
Production company Nippon Animation Studio 100 Animation
ZDF
TF1		 Studio 100 Animation
U.S. distribution Nickelodeon Sprout Shout! Factory
Released April 1, 1975 (1975-04-01) – September 13, 1980 (1980-09-13) September 5, 2012 (2012-09-05) – August 23, 2017 (2017-08-23) March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08) May 1, 2018 (2018-05-01) January 7, 2021 (2021-01-07)

1926 film

German director Wolfram Junghans made a 1926 silent version ("starring" real insects). The film was lost for a decade until the only original copy of the film was found in Finland. The material was restored in 2005 with a new musical score and released on DVD in 2012, in collaboration with the KAVI and the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, and the film was screened in both Hamburg and Helsinki.

1975 anime

The most popular and widely known adaptation of the story is the Japanese anime Maya the Honey Bee (みつばちマーヤの冒険, Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken, "The Adventures of Maya the Honeybee"). Originally aired on Japanese TV in 1975, the anime has been dubbed into 42 languages and screened on television in various territories. The Japanese TV series was preceded by Tokyo Kodomo Club's musical play based on the short story, presented as Mitsubachi Māya ("Maya the Honeybee"), distributed on an LP album.

The original theme was composed by Karel Svoboda and sung by Karel Gott in the German, Czech and Slovak versions, and Zbigniew Wodecki in the Polish version.

2012 TV series

In 2012 Studio 100 Animation produced a 78-episode, 13-minute TV series. The series was rendered in CGI animation. A second 52 episode season aired in 2017.

Film series

A 2014 film adaptation based upon the 2012 series was released. In 2018, a sequel to the 2014 film, titled Maya the Bee: The Honey Games, was released on March 1 in Germany and May 1 in United States.

A third film, titled Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb was released on January 7, 2021, in Australia. It was delayed from its original 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

An upcoming spin-off film titled Arnie & Barney will be released in early 2026.

Stage performances

Opera

Maya the Bee also served as the basis for a children's opera written by the Croatian composer Bruno Bjelinski in 1963. In 2008 it was staged in Villach, Austria, as part of their Carinthian Summer Music Festival. This performance was distinguished by having the "bees" played by children and not professional opera singers as it is usually the case.

Puppet musical

Singer-songwriter Nancy Harrow created a jazz-musical version of the story, called The Adventures of Maya the Bee, that featured puppets by Zofia Czechlewska. Harrow's adaptation was produced in New York City by The Culture Project in 2000, and was revived in 2012.

Musical

In October 2016, Belgian company Studio 100 (the current owners of the series) created a Flemish stage musical called Maya en de Pollenbollen based on the 2012 series that has the people dressed in costumes for the characters from the show. The show contains songs made by Studio 100 with a few news songs created exclusively for the show. The musical centers around Maya alongside Flip and Beatrice celebrating Willy's birthday. The musical later returned in the Spring of 2017.

Since 2016, live actors from the original stage show make numerous appearances at numerous stage shows and special events held by Studio 100. Notably Studio 100's annual "De Grote Sinterklaasshow" held from late November till early December featuring Sinterklaas and Zwarte Pieten watching various Studio 100 characters such as Kabouter Plop, and Piet Piraat (including Maya and friends) perform musical numbers on stage. The same actress that portrayed Maya in the musical is also the official Flemish voice of the character and reprised her role for Studio 100's "De Liedjestuin" where Maya is singing various Dutch children's songs and nursery rhymes. In the French and Walloon version "Le Jardin des Refrains", Maya is played by a different actress.

Amusement parks

After Studio 100's acquisition of the franchise, Plopsa began expanding the franchise to its own theme parks. Plopsaland De Panne opened an indoor children's area called "Mayaland" on July 3, 2011, before the CGI incarnation's begun airing on numerous television stations across Europe. Maya alongside Flip, and Willy would also appear at other Plopsa owned parks such as Plopsa Coo and Plopsa Indoor Hasselt. In Poland, Plopsa opened an indoor theme park called "Majaland Kownaty" which opened to the public on September 28, 2018, which is mostly themed to Maya the Bee but features other Studio 100's IPs (such as Bumba and Piet Piraat).

A year after Mayaland opened in Plopsaland, Holiday Park, Germany, a similar Maya the Bee children's area called "Majaland" opened on March 31, 2012.

Video games

Video game background

The origins of the Maya the Bee video games originated from a South Park video game for the Game Boy Color developed by Crawfish Interactive in development in 1998. The title was eventually cancelled due to South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker stating that the game's mature themes would be inappropriate for the Game Boy Color, whose major demographic was children. A year later in 1999, the unreleased game's engine and assets were reused for two additional Game Boy Color titles from Crawfish and Acclaim - Maya the Bee & Her Friends, which was released exclusively in Europe, and The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley, based on the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen franchise and was released in North America, being the first of the various video games based on the duo.

Games released

  • Maya the Bee & Her Friends (Game Boy Color – 1999): developed by Crawfish, published by Acclaim.
  • Maya the Bee: Garden Adventures (Game Boy Color – 2000): developed by Neon Studios and Kiloo, published by Acclaim and Plan-B Media.
  • Maya the Bee: What a Thunderstorm (PC – 2001): developed by Junior Interactive, published by Tivola.
  • Maya the Bee: The Great Adventure (Game Boy Advance – 2002): developed by Shin'en Multimedia, published by Acclaim.
  • Maya the Bee: A Wonderful Surprise! (PC – 2004): developed by The Web Production, published by Tivola.
  • Maya the Bee: Sweet Gold (Game Boy Advance – 2005): developed by Shin'en Multimedia, published by Midway.
  • Maya the Bee and Friends (mobile – 2006): developed by Kiloo and co-published by Plan-B Media.
  • The Bee Game (Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS - 2007): The Bee Game is an adventure video game released for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, developed by German studio Independent Arts Software. The game lets players experience the adventures of Maya the Bee and her friend Willie as they search for their friends, lost from a strong storm that has blown through Corn Poppy Meadow.
  • Maya (Nintendo DS – 2013): developed by Studio 100 and Engine Software, published by Bandai Namco Games Europe.
  • Maya the Bee: The Nutty Race (iOS and Android – 2019): Mobile racing game, developed by Midnight Pigeon in cooperation with Studio 100.

Merchandising

Many companies contributed worldwide to the success of the character by producing and selling merchandising. Most of them were drawn between 1976 and 1986 by the French licensed characters specialist André Roche. His works have included motifs for textiles, porcelain, books, comics and games, including a campaign for Kinder Surprise Eggs.

References

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  14. "Jak Zbigniew Wodecki został Pszczółką Mają" (in Polish). Polskie Radio Program I. November 24, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
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  25. LoChiatto, Jonathan (August 7, 2021). "How South Park's First Handheld Game Became a Mary Kate & Ashley Tie-In". CBR. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  26. Neon Studios Maya the Bee Archived March 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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  29. Kiloo page Archived April 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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