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Cultural references
- The episode's title is a reference to "The birds and the bees", an American colloquial expression used to refer to when parents explain human sexuality and sexual intercourse to their children.
- The Christmas-themed opening sequence includes:
- Initiating with two lines of instrumental "O Christmas Tree", the German Christmas song.
- Mr. Burns and Smithers are Ebenezer Scrooge and Ghost of Christmas Past, respectively, from Charles Dickens' 1843 short novel, A Christmas Carol.
- Lisa playing the traditional Christmas carol "Deck the Halls" on her saxophone.
- Notable people at the Billionaire Camp include:
- Ted Turner, founder of TNT, TBS, and CNN.
- Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook.
- Richard Branson, co-founder of the Virgin Group.
- Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.
- Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
- Larry Ellison, co-founder of the Oracle Corporation.
- Donald Trump, owner of The Trump Organization.
- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.
- Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox Corporation.
- The paintings Richard Branson, Larry Ellison, and a third billionaire are shooting at include:
- The billionaires are playing Quidditch, the famous sport from the Harry Potter universe.
- Groundskeeper Willie plays "Amazing Grace" on his bagpipes while mourning for the deceased bees.
- Willie names the bees after famous people:
- Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon.
- Bee Arthur, referring to American actress, comedienne and singer Bea Arthur.
- Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting, the bassist and vocalist of the British band The Police.
- Bee Bee King, referring to the American blues singer B. B. King.
- Susan Bee Anthony, referring to American women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony.
- Jerry Seinfeld, the American actor and comedian. The relation with bees is that Seinfeld voiced Barry B. Benson, the main character from Bee Movie.
- Rich Texan's fictional basketball team Austin Celtics are a parody of the Boston Celtics.
- In Homer's fantasy about a future without honey, the robot that offers him some honey and then compresses him into a cube resembles WALL-E from the Disney Pixar film WALL-E.
- Abe thinks Lisa is former US President Abraham Lincoln.
- The Basket Bells dance to "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin.
- "Hip Hop Hooray" by Naughty By Nature (played during the gorilla mascot scene).
- "Sea of Love" by The Honeydrippers (when the queen bee is being introduced to the Africanized bees).
- The statue of Mr. Burns in front of the Springfield Excitement Arena is modeled after Nike's iconic Jumpman logo of Michael Jordan.
- At the Billionaire Camp, some billionaires play Quidditch, a sport from Harry Potter.
- When Mr. Burns is revealed to be a millionaire instead of a billionaire, he asks Mark Cuban to let him off the hook, for old time's sake. This is a scene borrowed from The Godfather.
Trivia
- For the first 8 episodes of this season, the show won the 2009 People's Choice Award for Favorite Animated Comedy.
- The marquee at Springfield Sports Palace first reads "Big Game Tonight" then later, "World's Smallest Jumbotron".
