Bees Mr Bloom's Nursery

There is a place

Not far from here

I'm sure you'll know it

It's ever so near

Come down the path

And you will see

A little gate

To Mr Bloom's Nursery!

Hello.

# This is my allotment

# There's such a lot to see

# With my Compostarium

# There is no place I'd rather be

# Have you been here before or not?

# Let me show you what I've got

# A spade, a fork and my wheelbarrow

# Cabbage, runner beans Tomatoes and a marrow

# A watering can A trowel, some seeds

# Radish, lettuce A couple of weeds

# With my veg and plants

# I can sing and dance

# See them sprout Watch them grow

# Pop along and say hello

# There's so much they can teach us all

# We'll laugh and learn We'll have a ball

# It's such a special place to be

# In my veggie nursery. #

UPBEAT MUSIC

Raymond? We all have to help tidy up.

Sorry, Joan. I can't hear you.

I'm listening to my favourite music.

The band I heard at the folk festival.

I know you enjoyed the festival,

but please can you come and help tidy up?

I still can't hear you. # The sky is blue

# And the birds are singing. #

Oh, Raymond! Oh!

Compo, can you get Raymond's attention?

WHISTLE!

Oh, my goodness, that was loud!

# Some cows are black... Ha-ha!

# Some cows are white. #

Tidying bean.

Yes, I know, Colin.

I'm trying to get Raymond to help, but he can't hear me.

A-hem!

Raym-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-nd!

What on earth is all that noise for, Colin?

We could hear you outside.

-Couldn't we, Tiddlers?

-Yes.

Sorry, Mr Bloom. Hello, Tiddlers.

-BOTH: Hello.

-Hello, Tiddlers.

We're trying to get Raymond to help tidy up.

He just wants to listen to music.

Is that so? Mohammed, can you pull those headphones out?

Huh? Ooo! Er... Oh. Hello, Tiddlers.

BOTH: Hello.

Oh! Finally! Right, Raymond,

you need to help tidy up this place. It's a disgrace!

Do I have to? I really don't like tidying.

And I think I'm hurt, so I can't help.

Maybe I could just sit here and sing a tune for you to tidy up to.

# Cows are white Cows are white... #

It doesn't sound like you're thinking about other people.

It's really good to help other people, isn't it, Tiddlers?

-BOTH: Yes.

-Hey! Like that time

when Mohammed and Millie and their friend Ahmed

helped in the allotment, didn't you?

-BOTH: Yes.

-And we learnt all about helping.

Really? What happened?

Oh! Hello, Millie. Hello, Ahmed. Hello, Mohammed.

Hey, I'm glad you're here. I need some helpers. Who can help?

ALL: Me!

Oh! So, that's one, two, three helpers.

-BUZZ!

-What's that noise?

-Shall we go and take a look?

-ALL: Yes.

-Come on, then.

Let's open this gate and go and see.

Come on.

Right. Where's that sound coming from?

I think it was down here.

Come on, Tiddlers. Come and look at this!

Look at this!

Oh! Now, who can tell me what that little fella is up there?

-ALL: A bee.

-That's right! It's a bee, isn't it?

And I think Mr Bee wants to help in the garden.

So the three of you, plus Mr Bee, that makes four helpers.

Now, do you think Mr Bee could help us by pushing the wheelbarrow?

-ALL: No.

-No. I'm only joking.

-How about digging? Could Mr Bee dig up the ground?

-ALL: No.

Because when he's digging it, it would go on top of him,

then he would get squashed.

I'm only being silly.

But I'm thinking how these bees could help us in the garden.

Tell you what, let's take a closer look at this bee.

But we've got to be a bit careful

because some bees can give you a sting.

But only if you get in their way.

Now, you see those hairy legs? When bees land on flowers,

they get covered in a special powder called pollen.

And the bees carry it from plant to plant.

The plants need pollen

to help them make seeds to grow new plants from.

So the bees really are helpers.

A lot of the food we eat is here because of bees being helpers.

Look! Take this delicious fennel.

Oh! This wouldn't be here if it wasn't for bees.

And all these butternut squashes,

they wouldn't be here if it wasn't for bees.

Do you know what honey bees do when they go back to their home?

-Make honey!

-Make honey!

That's right. You're proper bee experts, aren't you?

Oh! I had some honey here a moment ago.

Never mind. We can go and get some from the Compostarium.

-Come on, Tiddlers. Let's go!

-Compostarium!

Come on!

Right. Let's see what Compo has got for us.

-Ooo!

-What is it?

-What's this?

-ALL: Honey!

-That's right. It's honey, isn't it?

Some lovely honey made by bees.

Hey. And did you know

how bees tell each other where the good flowers are?

Well, they do a thing called a waggle dance.

It's called that because they waggle about whilst they do it.

Shall we do our own waggle dance?

-Yes.

-Let me see your waggle dance.

Yeah! That's it! All right, follow me.

Do the waggle dance. Wiggle-waggle-wiggle-ding-dong!

Do the waggle dance. That's right!

Come on, my little wagglers.

We can do more waggling than that, can't we? H-Hey!

Make sure to waggle your arms and waggle your bottoms.

And even your tummies. Whoo-hoo! And your legs.

Bu-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz!

That's it! Oh! Just like the bee.

Let's hear your buzzes.

Bu-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz!

Buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz!

Ooo! They've got their hands behind their backs like little wings.

-Waggle-waggle-waggle!

-Buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz!

Ta-da!

-CHEERING

-Well done!

Oh! That is great!

So, Raymond, why don't you be like the bees and help out?

Then, once we've tidied up, we can all have a nice rest.

-Can't we?

-ALL: Yes!

That will be nice. OK, then, I'll do that.

Oh! You did remember to feed Compo, didn't you?

-Yeah.

-Of course we did, didn't we?

-Yeah.

# Grass and weeds and leaves from trees

# Thistles that prickle and petals that tickle

# Brown stuff, green stuff Sticky stuff, icky stuff

# Crunchy bits, munchy bits Snappy bits, sappy bits

# Yesterday's yums chopping board crumbs

# It's not fussy what's in its tum

-# My awesome Compostarium. #

-PING!

ALL: It's full!

Stand back, Tiddlers. Here it goes.

Hang on. What's going on here?

MacGregors, Margaret's asleep! Leave her alone.

Oh, dear. What are they doing?

GIGGLING

-Heave!

-Heave!

-Oh, those cheeky radishes!

-MacGregors, come back. Aren't they being cheeky?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-What did they just do?

-Got her hat.

-They took her hat. Is she still asleep?

-Yeah.

-Oh!

GIBBERISH

GIGGLING

Mr Bloom, do you like my hat?

-Oh, yes, Raymond. What do you think, Tiddlers?

-BOTH: Yeah.

What... Oh, hello.

Hello, Margaret.

Hello, Tiddlers.

-Are we having a little sleep?

-Mmm.

-Yeah.

It's very sunny all of a sudden. Where's my hat?

It was those Wee MacGregors, wasn't it? They took it.

Don't worry, Margaret. Why don't you wear my hat?

Oh! Yes, please, Raymond.

Aw, that's very kind of you, Raymond.

-Can you pass that to Millie, Mohammed?

-OK.

There you go, Margaret. You look very pretty.

Thank you, Millie, that's so much better.

BUZZ! What's that?

I don't like that noise.

-What's that noise? Do we recognise that?

-A buzzy bee.

Oh, it is. Oh!

-He's buzzing around, isn't he?

-Buzzy-buzzy bee.

Buzzy-buzzy.

-Oh, what's the matter with Margaret?

-She's shaking.

-She's afraid.

Is she afraid of a little bee?

Oh, dear.

Buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz. Waggle-waggle!

Buzz-buzz-buzz, waggle-waggle-waggle.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Hello, Tiddlers.

-Hello, Colin.

-Hey, are you pretending to be a bee?

-Yes, I am. Buzz-buzz!

Oh, I don't like it.

Aw, it's all right, my little cabbage.

-Bees are helpers, aren't they, Tiddlers?

-BOTH: Yeah.

Can you remember how bees help?

-They collect pollen.

-That's right, Mohammed.

-What do they do with that pollen?

-They take it from flower to flower.

And that helps make new plants.

First, I lose my hat and now I'm being bothered by a big buzzy bee!

-Oh, I think he likes you, Raymond.

-Oh, it's you, Brian.

Raymond, do you know this bee?

Of course I do, Mr Bloom.

Brian and I have been friends for ages.

Friends?

Oh, yes. We met at a folk festival.

It was Veggiestock, we had our photo taken. It's over there, look.

-BUZZ!

-Oh, I see.

He says he saw my hat on you, Margaret

and he though you were me.

Oh, I see.

BUZZ! What's he saying, Raymond?

Wait a minute, hang on. He's saying...

He's saying, "Hello!"

Shall we all say hello to Brian the bee?

ALL: Hello!

Tiddlers, you can say it in bee talk, if you like.

-You just go, "Buzz-buzz-buzz!"

-Buzz-buzz-buzz.

THEY ALL BUZZ

Buzz-buzz-buzz.

-BUZZ!

-Oh, hang on. Brian says...

He says he's sorry he scared you, Margaret.

Oh, thank you, Brian.

But why is he buzzing around so much?

He says he's looking for somewhere to live.

THEY GASP

First, he tried living in the hanging basket....

but it was too wet.

BOTH: Oooh!

And he tried there...

but it was too pointy.

-HE GIGGLES

-Pointy bean!

So he wondered...

if he might live up here...

My hat!

TIDDLERS: There it is!

But how did it get up there?

BOTH: The Wee MacGregors!

-Would you like it back again?

-Yes, please.

Go on, Brian. Try and knock the hat off.

ALL: Hooray!

Right, let's get these hats back to the right hat-wearers.

-You can help, can't you?

-ALL: Yeah.

Mohammed, you get Margaret's hat

and maybe we can put Raymond's hat back on him.

-Oh.

-Very nicely done, Millie.

Here you go, Raymond.

-Aah.

-Oh, Mohammed!

Here, Margaret.

Oh, thank you.

Aw. Now, Raymond, how do we say "thank you" in Bee?

That's easy, you just go, "Buzz-buzz, buzz-buzz."

ALL: Buzz-buzz, buzz-buzz.

Is there another way we can say thank you to Brian?

Well, he still needs somewhere to live.

-Well, maybe we can build him a special bee house.

-BOTH: Yeah.

What's a bee house?

It's a special little house

with lots of tunnels for all the bees to live in!

WHISTLE!

Hey, it sounds like Compo wants to help too.

Come on, Tiddlers, let's go and see what he wants.

OK. Let's see what Compo's got for us.

Oh, it's some very colourful modelling clay.

There you go. Something's hiding here, isn't it? Look.

-It's a wicker basket.

-Yeah.

Look at these, do you know what they are?

-BOTH: Tunnels.

-They are tunnels. Look, I can see you through there.

And these tunnels are made of bamboo.

Right, Tiddlers, let's get to work. This way!

Busy bean, busy bean!

Hey, red and blue.

Roll it round in your hands, like this...

until it becomes a ball.

Squash it down.

-Let's push this down.

-Dig down!

MR BLOOM LAUGHS

That's looking perfect.

Now, I think we need the bamboo for the bee tunnels!

Do you want to start, Millie? Can you hold the basket?

I'll push them right down.

-Millie, Brian could invite all his bee friends over.

-Yeah.

One in here, one in here and one in here.

Ho-ho!

I'm sure he's got lots of friends.

Oh, well done, Tiddlers.

I think our bee house is finished.

So now all we need is one last thing...some string.

-Yeah.

-And hang it up.

-That's right, Millie.

We can hang it up. Come on.

That's going to be a fantastic bee house.

-Right.

-A fantastic bee house.

I think it will be fantastic, Millie.

There we go. I think Brian will love that.

Come on!

BUZZ!

Brian says, "There's no place like home."

Oh, he's so happy he wants to do a dance.

We know a bee dance, don't we?

Hey, let's join in.

THEY ALL BUZZ

Wiggle-wiggle.

I have never seen the bee waggle dance done better.

-Ho-ho! That was fun, wasn't it?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

And there's no need to stop, because it's time for...my song.

MUSIC PLAYS

# We built the bees a house

# To say a big thank-you!

# For all their garden work It was the least that we could do

# Without the bees around

# Some jobs would not get done

# Now I think we all deserve

# To sing and dance and have some fun!

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# La-la-la-la-la-la... #

-One more time!

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la

# We've had a busy day

# How the time flies

# So now you veggies must be

# Bedded down for the night... #

Come on, Margaret, Colin,

Raymond, Joan and Sebastian.

Hey, settle down, you cheeky Wee MacGregors.

It's time for bed.

Thank you for making Brian a house.

-Good night.

-See you tomorrow.

# ..Night-night, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# And listen to my gentle tune

# Night-night, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# We'll see you again soon. #

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