Queen Bee

Chronological information
First game	Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest game	Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Game appearances	Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 Mario Kart 7 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (as a spirit) Dr. Mario World Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Personal information
Gender	Female
Homeland	Honeyhive Galaxy Honeyhop Galaxy
Race	Bee
Alterego(s)	Small Honey and Honey Queen

     

"The most furious itchiness plagues our entire being!"Queen Bee, Super Mario Galaxy

Queen Bee (known as Honey Queen in Mario Kart 7) is the queen of bees. She appeared in Super Mario Galaxy at the Honeyhive Galaxy. She lends Bee Mario five Launch Star pieces to get to the top of the giant tree on the first planet to get the galaxy's first Power Star. She also appears in the final mission for the same galaxy to make a Launch Star to the Bugaboom planet.

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Physical description

Queen Bee is a very large bee, over ten times the size of a regular bee, and has a gigantic stinger poking out of the very bottom of her body. On her back, she has extremely large wings that reverberate back and forth so quickly they are almost invisible. She has two feet with high heeled shoes with purple soles on them sticking out of the bottom of her body right above her stinger and two arms with white gloves protruding from her sides. There is always a cape draped over her neck and part of her back which is fastened by a pink jewel right in the middle of her chest. On her head, she wears a brown bonnet that covers her whole head except for her eyes, mouth, and nose (the latter of which is purple). She has long eyelashes, black beady eyes with pink eyeshadow, and plump, pink lips. On top of her head, she wears a crown bejeweled with blue gems all around.

In Super Mario series

Super Mario Galaxy

Queen Bee first appears in Super Mario Galaxy, where she is a non-playable character. She rules over the Honeyhive Galaxy and helps Mario out in missions there. She first appears in the mission Bee Mario Takes Flight on the Queen Bee Planet where she tells Mario that she is plagued by a terrible itchiness and asks him to stop it. The itchiness is, in reality, caused by five Star Chips that have lodged in the hair on her back. Mario must become Bee Mario with a nearby Bee_Mushroom and use his new powers to climb around her back and collect the Star Chips. After collecting all five chips, a Launch Star appears and sends Mario to the final planet and the Power Star.

Also, in the second mission Trouble on the Tower, if the player manages to go to the back of the main planet (where the hollow trunk to the slide is located), a Bee tells Mario/Luigi that the queen is having a rest.

Queen Bee reappears in the mission Big Bad Bugaboom at the end of the tunnel with three Mandibugs in it. She tells him that the neighbors are giving them trouble again and asks him to stop them, making a Launch Star appear that launches him to Bugaboom's planet. At the end of the game, Honey Queen makes a final, small, appearance in the end-of-game party celebrating Mario's victory over Bowser along with Dino Piranha and a bunch of Goombas and Toads.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Queen Bee makes a reappearance in the Honeyhop Galaxy this time where she takes her residence on top of the Queen Bee Planet in the mission The Sweetest Silver Stars where she, once again, rules over the Bees. When Mario goes onto her planet she tells him that she is plagued by an itchiness and asks him if he could help her out. He, once again, gets a Bee Mushroom and goes on her back to find the cause of the itching to be one of the Silver Stars. After getting all five stars, a Power Star will be formed which he can go get.

While Queen Bee only appears in one galaxy in the game, she is mentioned by several of her bee minions in the Honeybloom Galaxy in the mission Bumble Beginnings where they are searching for a Power Star to bring back to their queen. Once Mario finds the star they praise him for finding it while they couldn't.

In Mario Kart 7

Honey Queen in Mario Kart 7.

Honey Queen in her Bumble V kart on Honeybee Hive.

Queen Bee (under the name Honey Queen in this game) makes her first playable appearance in Mario Kart 7 as well as her debut in the Mario Kart series. Here, Queen Bee is is an unlockable character who appears significantly smaller than in the Super Mario Galaxy installments so that she can fit in the karts. Honey Queen is a heavy character, and as a result, she receives one of the best speed and weight boosts in the game.

To unlock her, the player must win the 150cc Banana Cup. She also has her own battle, Honeybee Hive.

Her signature kart is the Bumble V and the Birthday Girl, which along with Princess Daisy and Rosalina's karts, gets a color scheme to match their personal style, which makes her Birthday Girl become purple, as does her Peach Parasol. Her racing emblem consists of a small bee with a crown in the place of its head.

In races, Honey Queen's main rivals are Metal Mario, Koopa Troopa and occasionally Yoshi.

Crossover appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Queen Bee appears as a master spirit, she runs a dojo where spirits can learn the "Big-Bee Style" which increases offense, jump and height but decreases defense and speed.

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