Maya the Bee (1975)
The adventures of a young and happy bee who is sent by her queen to search for pollen, and in doing so she finds a new world that surrounds her, making friends with various forest creatures.
- Susumu Shiraume
- Waldemar Bonsels
- Nisan Takahashi
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Episode 1 - Maya Is Born
Release Date: 1975-04-01A great excitement reigns in the hive, Cassandra, arrives home just in time to experience the birth of the new bees. A bee slips through one of the honeycombs: Maya.
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Episode 2 - Maya Learns To Fly
Release Date: 1975-05-08Maya and Willy still have a lot to learn about the weather, wasps, spiders, flowers... When the first flying lesson comes, Maya is enthusiastic but unaware of the dangers that await her...
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Episode 3 - Maya and The Dragonfly Shnuck
Release Date: 1975-05-15Miss Cassandra will be missing for a few weeks from the beehive, so Maya indulges in an unscheduled trip into nature. Getting into a fine mess in a pond, she is rescued by a kind dragonfly who has taken a liking to her. Soon after, it is Maya’s turn to rescue her from the clutches of a dragonfly-hunting boy.
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Episode 4 - Maya and The Ants
Release Date: 1975-05-22For one day, Maya wants to be the captain of an ant army. After all, she has helped ants come ashore on her floating leaf. This wish can be granted, and Maya holds her own as captain. She does guide the ants through the water and has trouble climbing up a tree trunk, but in the end it is she who helps the ants escape the dreaded ant lion.
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Episode 5 - Maya and The Housefly Puck
Release Date: 1975-05-29Maya meets Puck, a fly with a very bad temper. Puck can report all kinds of situations, food and, above all, people. Maya wants to meet humans and convinces Puck to show her a house.
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Episode 6 - Maya and The Spider Thekla
Release Date: 1975-06-05Maya marvels at the world: the dandelions, the sun, the water. On her journey she meets the pink beetle, who invites her to eat. Unfortunately, they can't stay to eat, they have to keep flying. During a trip with a Willy, he gets caught in the web of the spider Thekla.
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Episode 7 - The Forest Fire
Release Date: 1975-06-12Danger in the garden. It burns! The insects are at a loss. Only the violin spider finds the fire good. She loves everything that distracts the insects. Maybe someone will get into her web. The excitement increases. The fire spreads more and more. Already the first floor of the plant house is burned. The insects need help.
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Episode 8 - Willy With The Ants
Release Date: 1975-06-19The fly knows a wonderful vacation spot - in the middle of a horse's back. She just forgot to warn Willy and Maya about the horse's tail. One powerful swipe of the tail, and Willy falls unconscious to the ground. Of course, the ants clear him away: everything lying around is cleared away. With the ants, Willy comes to again, at the last moment - and from now on thinks he is an ant.
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Episode 9 - Maya and The Earthworm Max
Release Date: 1975-06-26Max, the earthworm is slightly depressed. The culprit is the eternal rain. Maya and Willy try to cheer him up.
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Episode 10 - Maya and The Frog
Release Date: 1975-07-03Maya and Willy meet a cute little green frog, however this frog has only one thing on his mind: he wants Maya and Willy for breakfast.
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Episode 11 - Maya and Iffi In The Rain
Release Date: 1975-07-10It has been raining all day. At first it is quite funny, the insects press themselves under a safe mushroom and tell each other what they have experienced - until Iffi appears. Iffi, the bark beetle in love. He confuses everything with his crush, and when his beloved turns up, the good mood is soon over. Just at this moment, the water rises. The small group is in danger.
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Episode 12 - Maya and The Firefly Jimmy
Release Date: 1975-07-17Maya and Willy learn for the first time in their lives about the luminosity of fireflies, and immediately, of course, Maya has an idea. She has always wanted to see the mysterious underground passages of the earth beetles. Everything under the ground is strangely alien, and Willy feels anything but comfortable in his skin. Where is the exit?
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Episode 13 - Maya and The Locust
Release Date: 1975-07-24One day, Maya and Willy discover a strange old locust in the garden. She has lost connection with the large group of locusts and is now sitting quite discouraged and unhappy with herself in the garden. Maya and Willy build her a stretcher and help her... although the old locust soon turns out to be very vigorous...
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Episode 14 - The Jumping Competition
Release Date: 1975-07-31A big jumping competition is scheduled for today. Flip is showing off tremendously. He thinks he's the best, the fastest, the farthest and, above all, the most elegant jumper. But he has to learn that sometimes there are even better ones.
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Episode 15 - Maya and The Larva
Release Date: 1975-08-07Maya and Willy have found a small caterpillar that they think is homeless. They take the caterpillar to themselves and raise it. They nurture it and begin to like the caterpillar. But one day they experience that their little caterpillar first becomes a monster and then a beautiful butterfly.
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Episode 16 - The Beetles
Release Date: 1975-08-14Maya has promised a pair of beetles to look after their brood. Poor Willy! If he had known how difficult it is to herd a wild bunch of little beetles. He certainly wouldn't have gotten up that morning at all.
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Episode 17 - Maya and The Centipede Jerome
Release Date: 1975-08-21Maya meets a sick centipede. But the centipede doesn't know what exactly is wrong with him. One of his many legs is no longer working properly.
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Episode 18 - Flip Is Trapped
Release Date: 1975-08-28Flip is in trouble. While training for the Grasshopper Wide Hopping Championship, he has fallen into the clutches of a carnivorous plant.
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Episode 19 - Maya and Kurt’s Rescue
Release Date: 1975-09-04The evil spider Thekla has caught Maya and wants to eat her. But Kurt, the dung beetle, frees her. Thekla vows revenge and gets her chance when Kurt is knocked down on his back and can't get up. Maya won't let the evil spider do it and comes to Kurt’s rescue with her friend Willy.
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Episode 20 - Shelter From the Wind
Release Date: 1975-09-11 -
Episode 21 - Cicada
Release Date: 1975-09-18 -
Episode 22 - Jama the Ant
Release Date: 1975-09-25 -
Episode 23 - Cricket
Release Date: 1975-10-02 -
Episode 24 - Where is the Wood
Release Date: 1975-10-09 -
Episode 25 - Tiger Longicorn Beetle
Release Date: 1975-10-16 -
Episode 26 - Cousin Franz
Release Date: 1975-10-23 -
Episode 27 - Flower Sprite
Release Date: 1975-10-30 -
Episode 28 - Hiccup
Release Date: 1975-11-06 -
Episode 29 - What Kind of House
Release Date: 1975-11-13 -
Episode 30 - Colonel Weaver
Release Date: 1975-11-20 -
Episode 31 - Harold the Hawk
Release Date: 1975-11-27 -
Episode 32 - Maja Wishes To Be a Bird-Sized Bee
Release Date: 1975-12-04 -
Episode 33 - Pursuit by a Sparrow and a Frog
Release Date: 1975-12-11 -
Episode 34 - Willard the Strong
Release Date: 1975-12-18 -
Episode 35 - Twin Flap
Release Date: 1975-12-25 -
Episode 36 - Kitty the Flea
Release Date: 1976-01-01 -
Episode 37 - Maja in the Snow
Release Date: 1976-01-08 -
Episode 38 - Spring has Come
Release Date: 1976-01-15 -
Episode 39 - Chipper the Moth
Release Date: 1976-01-22 -
Episode 40 - Duel At Ant’s Ranch
Release Date: 1976-01-29 -
Episode 41 - Fake Holes
Release Date: 1976-02-05 -
Episode 42 - Clide the Cockroach
Release Date: 1976-02-12 -
Episode 43 - New Friends
Release Date: 1976-02-19 -
Episode 44 - The Lonely Champion
Release Date: 1976-02-26 -
Episode 45 - Eggs, Eggs, and Still More Eggs
Release Date: 1976-03-04 -
Episode 46 - Burt the Honey Bee
Release Date: 1976-03-11 -
Episode 47 - Anthony the Ant
Release Date: 1976-03-18 -
Episode 48 - Thekla and the Violin Contest
Release Date: 1976-03-25 -
Episode 49 - Beauty Contest
Release Date: 1976-04-01 -
Episode 50 - Maja on the Sea
Release Date: 1976-04-08 -
Episode 51 - Maja in a Big Pinch
Release Date: 1976-04-15 -
Episode 52 - Welcome Home Maja
Release Date: 1976-04-22