Download - The Honey Bee

KS1 Music The Bee Song 1

The Honey BeeTime to work and time to travelBlack and yellow honey bee.Time to search, must leave the beehiveAnd start working busily

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz honey bee,Counting crotchets busilyAlways busy never lazyPollinating merrily

Sitting, sippingTasting nectar lazilyPollen, gatheringIn our sacks contentedly

Buzz, buzz, honey bee,Counting minims drowsily,Honey bee just keeps on workingPollinating merrily

Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry tell the others,Waggle dance so merrilyQuickly quickly tell them where to find the nectarMake the honey for our tea.

Buzzy buzzy buzzy buzzy honey beeQuickly counting lots of quavers rapidlyHoney bee just keeps on working; yes he really keeps on workingQuickly counting lots of quavers merrily


Introducing the CROTCHET


Introducing the MINIM


Introducing the QUAVER


Rhythmic Examples


Teachers NotesThis delightful song has been composed for a variety of uses.

For a music lesson teaching Key Stage 1 children to discern the basic three note values (Crotchet, Minim and Quaver)

For this purpose the teacher demonstrates the crotchet beat and verse and chorus one are sung to a strict pulse. The teacher then demonstrates the minim beat and verse and chorus two are sung to a strict pulse. This is repeated with the quaver beat. If drumsticks are available, the children can tap the note value for reinforcement.

The teacher then plays the Rhythmic Examples in a random order, as a guessing game. After four bars the teacher asks for the note value to be identified and the delighted children join in.

This song can be used during a themed week to enhance science week, environment week, 'honey week' etc.

This song can be learnt as part of a colourful production or assembly with costumes or head dresses to suggest a bee/honey theme. A simple but effective dance could be devised to reflect the note value differences.