Kung Fu Bumblebee

Here's another Brown-belted Bumblebee I met last spring. About a decade and a half ago DreamWorks put out a Kung Fu Panda movie; is it time for a Kung Fu Bumblebee movie [1]? And if so, I'd imagine that our own Brown-belted Bumblebee would be a natural for the titular hero who "floats like a butterfly, stings like a bumblebee". And I'd imagine the Asian Giant Hornet (aka "murder hornet") would be a more than reasonable villain. 

Another choice might be a similar bumblebee that just barely includes New Jersey in its range, the Red-belted Bumblebee. Although it doesn't sound like every variety of martial arts recognizes a red belt, apparently kung fu does, where it's considered slightly higher than a brown belt [2].

Regardless of the bumblebee chosen, the star would probably be female since male bumblebees can't sting. I suppose the movie could be about a male bumblebee who, lacking the ability to sting, learns martial arts, but if you're going to make a bumblebee movie you ought to have stinging in it.

June 15, 2023 at Sourland Mountain Preserve
Photo 300990265, (c) jpviolette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

[1] Hymenopterologists say "yes".

[2] I think it would be stupid to "invent" a Black-belted Bumblebee when 2 reasonable species already exist.

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