The Burns and the Bees/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Trivia

• Music from the episode
  • "Amazing Grace" (Groundskeeper Willie plays it on his bagpipes while mourning for the deceased bees)
  • "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)
• Since the intro is done in a Christmas theme, Mr. Burns appears as Ebenezer Scrooge and Smithers appears as Jacob Marley.
• In Homer's fantasy about a future without honey, the robot that offers him some artificial honey and then compresses him into a cube resembles WALL-E from the Disney/Pixar film of the same name.
• The title is a reference to "The Birds and the Bees".

Notes

• For the first 8 episodes of this season, the show won the 2009 People's Choice Award for Favorite Animated Comedy.