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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...