Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind “The Secret Life of Bees”

Working with Bees

I like to think that I’m pretty bold and adventurous; but that doesn’t mean I’d jump at the chance to work with bees…uncovered. But Queen Latifah had to be bold, go to bee school and jump in there with the stingy creatures. See how she described the experience and then watch her theatrics in the video below. You know Queen is a character.

“To work with bees, with no gloves…and you’re picking up these racks that they’re on and they’re crawling on you sometimes. And you’re trying to get them out without smashing any of them. And they’re everywhere. It was kind of nerve racking. It was tough. After a while it got a lot easier and it got warmer and the bees like warmer weather, they were just in a good mood.”

Watch Queen Latifah explain how the bees responded to their real queen in the video below.