Waldemar Bonsels

A bubbly little bumblebee rebels against the rules of the hive to make all kinds of friends—from violin-playing grasshoppers to a hornet named Sting.

Following an unproductive harvest season, it’s up to Maya and her brave friends to save their hive by competing in a series of games.

When Maya, a headstrong little bee, and her best friend Willy, rescue an ant princess, they find themselves in the middle of an epic bug battle that will take them to strange new worlds and test their friendship to its limits.

A platoon of ants set out to save their community in the midst of a severe drought, but the hilariously inept Arnie and Barney – who are not cut out for heroics – decide to tackle the problem themselves. Their bumbling efforts lead them to uncover a shady water racket and team up with a secretive superhero mosquito. In a series of comical mishaps, they inadvertently save the meadow and become the most unlikely heroes of all.

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.

Hello Everybody, I am Maya the Bee! What I love most? Freedom! That's why I don't live in the hive. I have the greatest adventures with my friends: Shelby the snail, Max the worm,...and off course Willy! He is super lazy and a real gourmet...but he is my best friend. Together we are going on an adventure! Are you coming with us?

Maya the Bee is a dramatised documentary film displaying living bees and other forest animals interacting with each other. Based on the book by Waldemar Bonsels, he also assisted himself in cinematography, along with A.O. Weitzenberg. The film was restored in 2004, after a decent copy (nitrate) of this film survived in the Finnish Film Archives possession and was done by Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv with the support of Waldemar Bonsels-Stiftung.

Maya sees a wasp following Miss Cassandra. She investigates and discovers that Stinger plans to kidnap Cassandra and demand nectar as ransom. The wasp that was supposed to follow Cassandra, Vesper, has fallen in love with Cassandra and wants to help Maya and her friends foil the plan.

Hello Everybody, I am Maya the Bee! What I love most? Freedom! That's why I don't live in the hive. I have the greatest adventures with my friends: Shelby the snail, Max the worm,...and off course Willy! He is super lazy and a real gourmet...but he is my best friend. Together we are going on an adventure! Are you coming with us?

Maya has got troubles learning the Bee Dance that is usefull to find the right direction. Flip wants to help her and because of his lessons Maya is able to point the head of the worker bees to a new field with flowers that are ideal to nurture the babay bees.

Hello everyone, I'm Maya the Bee! What do I love most? Freedom! That's why I live in a meadow and not in a beehive. I have the most amazing adventures with my friends Shelby the snail, Max the worm, and Willy, of course! Willy is super lazy and a real foodie... But he's my very best friend. Together we go on adventures! Will you join us?

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.

Hello everyone, I'm Maya the Bee! What do I love? Freedom! That's why I live in the meadow instead of the hive. I have a thousand and one adventures with my friends: Shelby snail, Max the worm ... and of course Willy! Willy is very lazy and greedy ... But he's my best friend. Together, we go on an many adventures! Let's go!