Bee Bot


 * For the Badnik in Sonic X-treme, see Beebot.

The Bee Bot is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom television series. They are a bee-based Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman which makes up a part of Eggman's foot soldiers. They are usually stationed at Dr. Eggman's lair where they guard Eggman's fortress and have been used against Team Sonic on numerous occasions.

Appearance
The Bee Bots are diminutive robots about as tall as Tails, though they can be smaller. As indicated by their template, they resemble mechanical bees. They have a sliver thorax with a cyan-glowing engine attached on each side by a short wing, a black and yellow-striped abdomen, a red stinger with a cyan tip, and two sets of transparent pink wings on their back. Some Bee Bots have a red-striped abdomen and a yellow stringer however. Finally, they have a rhombus-shaped head with a serrated mouth, two antennas and wide white/cyan eyes with slit-like pupils.

Season one
On several occasions, the Bee Bots have been deployed against Team Sonic, only to quickly be destroyed by the heroes one way or another. Other times, they would defended Eggman's lair, but with limited success.

A squadron of Bee Bots were given to Orbot and Cubot which helped the duo rob a warehouse and keep Team Sonic busy while they escaped with their loot. Another squadron was called to the Awardy Awards to make the people give the award to Eggman, but they had to flee when Team Sonic started counterattacking. Several Bee Bots also participated in Eggman's surprise party for Orbot and Cubot where they enjoyed the festivities until Eggman ended them. Later, when Eggman needed to practice his reflexes, a lone Bee Bots helped him with the exercise which it quickly lost.

When Rocky was discovered, a swarm of Bee Bots were deployed by Eggman to capture the giant. The Bee Bots tried containing Rocky with their honeycomb cage, but he broke free while Team Sonic fought them to defend Rocky. Amidst the battle, Sonic tricked the Bee Bots to assault Eggman, making him retreat. A lone Bee Bot later attended Orbot and Cubot's departure when the two felt neglected by Eggman in favor of his new friend Nominatus, where it got a fond farewell from Orbot. Shortly after, the Bee Bots were taken over by the rogue Nominatus for the purpose of destroying all life forms, who had a swarm of Bee Bots pursue Eggman to Team Sonic's location. There, the heroes held off the Bee Bots while Eggman's underlings beat Nominatus and stopped the Bee Bots.

The Bee Bots were subsequently abandoned when Eggman chose to desert technology. As the incompetent Lightning Bolt Society claimed Eggman's lair, they sent Bee Bot swarms on random rampages across the Village and the lair until Team Sonic and Eggman took back the lair. Multiple Bee Bots and other Badniks were later summoned by Eggman to kill Dave the Intern and destroy Chez Amy, but due to Team Sonic, they only accomplished the latter. When Eggman finished his mind-enslavement movie, a number of Bee Bots attended its premiere, but when the movie ended up a failure, they were sent away by Eggman. One other time, a Bee Bot squadron followed Eggman to the Valley of the Cubots to destroy the residential Cubot prototypes. However, many of them were destroyed by Sonic and Tails who protected the prototypes while the rest retreated.

On New Year's Eve, a squadron of Bee Bots were summoned by Eggman to fight Sonic. However, because Eggman had already activated his Slow Motion Machine, the Bee Bots were so slow that Eggman had to forget them. The Bee Bots later joined Eggman on a mission he sponsored to remove Knuckles as the host of the Comedy Chimp Show as a part of a sponsor deal with Comedy Chimp (during which the Bee Bots advertised Eggman Industries). However, they got beaten back by Team Sonic. Another time, the Bee Bots were assigned to protect Hypno-bot which Eggman used to steal Tails' inventions. While the Bee Bots held off Team Sonic though, Tails got Hypno-bot to stop the Bee Bots.

When Eggman harnessed solar power, remotely super-charged Bee Bots were sicced on the Village which Team Sonic protected. Meanwhile, Eggman tried hiding those in his lair from the Archipelago Homeowners Association or risk eviction. However, the Bee Bots malfunctioned from power overload during a thunderstorm, making them uncontrollable and blow Eggman's cover. While Eggman avoided eviction by convincing the association that his Bee Bots were art, he spent the night getting them under control.

Archie Comics
The Bee Bots have been used several times to battle Team Sonic, only for the heroes to destroy them quickly one way or another. When the Eggtoberfest was held, hordes of Bee Bots began attacking the villagers on Eggman's orders when he could not earn the villagers' trust. Fortunately, the Bee Bots were wiped out by Team Sonic.

During the Go-kart Pan-island Grand Prix, a group of Bee Bots were deployed by Eggman to take Comedy Chimp out of the race. From above, the Bee Bots created talking holograms of Comedy Chimp's shoulder devil and shoulder angel who convinced him to crash.

Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom
In Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom, the Bee Bot is one of the enemies encountered during the stages. In this game, they are referred to as Buzz Bombers. They always fly above ground, so the player has too jump to attack them. Sometimes, they also shoot a laser beam at the ground, making it impossible to pass under them unharmed. Like other enemies, they can be defeated with a single attack.

Personality
The Bee Bots are silent, single-minded and unquestioningly dedicated to the doctor's orders, but also appear to possess personalities of their own, including festive and celebrative emotions. As per their programming, they will only obey orders after being threatened.

Powers and abilities
The Bee Bots are very fast fliers, almost matching that of Sonic's running speed, and are quite nimble and agile. Combined with their size, this make the Bee Bots hard to hit. For armaments, they possess a stinger than can fire energy beams or deploy small orbs that can form an energy net (dubbed a "honeycomb cage") around a target.

The Bee Bots possess a couple of additional abilities. They have laser targeting system on their forehead and they are capable of projecting talking holograms. Like other Badniks, they can also receive power remotely from Dr. Eggman's lair.

Weakness
Though speedy and agile, the Bee Bots are quite fragile robots as a single hit is enough to destroy them.

Trivia

 * The Bee Bots are based on the Buzz Bomber, a Badnik who first appeared in both the Sega Genesis and the Game Gear version of Sonic the Hedgehog. However, their name is implied to have been changed so to better describe what they are.
 * According to Dr. Eggman, the Bee Bots' honeycomb cage is very expensive.