'Little Bee' | Kids Educational Bee Song | Little Ripples | Stop Motion Animation | NZONAIRMUSIC

The song ‘Little Bee’ Sprung from a great teaching moment when a solitary little bee was spotted laying tired and thirsty on a concrete path at kindergarten and a young boy moved to step on it. From here an extended learning inquiry with a group of children began… and with it a song.
The song ruminates on why bees are important. What are the different jobs that bees do? What does pollination mean? And most importantly in a world where we are seeing declining numbers of bees, how can we help them?
We love the work of the magic team at RDYSTDY studio particularly their inquiry series called riddleandsquizz.com When we reached out to Jacob Perkins and asked if he would be keen to make a video for ‘Little Bee’ we were so humbled when he agreed and helped us to write a successful application for funding from NZ on air. This was a seriously big deal for us! It was so natural to offer Jacob the freedom to run with the song and come up with a vision. It felt good to give him the scope to do what he does extremely well and we couldn’t be happier with the result!
We are so grateful to NZ on air for taking a punt on us and lending us a hand to make this beautiful video.
THANKYOU @NZONAIRMUSIC !!!!!!!!!!
We made ‘Little Bee’ with a special team of friends Erin Cole-Baker, Andy Hodgins and Alex Selman at Anzac Rd - Analog Recording Studio in Whangārei. It’s the first song we recorded off our album 'In My Garden' back in January 2020.
'Little Bee' is one of 14 beautiful tracks that make up the Album ‘In My Garden’. It plays like a musical story with each chapter coloured with metaphors and creatures from the garden. The garden is our mind, the garden is the album, the garden is life. A rich array of instruments and lush harmony laden vocals make this a real treat to listen to, reminiscent of the 70’s folk we were raised on.