Queen Bee
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Real Identity: Beatriz
Affiliations: Super Hero High School and Bialya
Appearances (Novels): Bumblebee at Super Hero High
Powers/Skills: Genius and Knowledge of Science and Engineering
Voiced By: Not Applicable
(Novels only) Beatriz was once a top student at Super Hero High School. She was so in love with bees, she started the Bee All That You Can Bee Club. She left the high school and made it her life mission to protect all bees, making sure they weren't overworked and had plenty of nectar. Over the years, Beatriz created venomous stingers and BotBees, robots that would shower slumber dust, her man-made pollen, all over the world and make honeybees sleepy. With no pollination taking place, there would be no food, all life would be destroyed, and she would take control of the world. She stockpiled jars of honey in particular. At some point, she was forced to hire her cousin's son Cuckoo Bee to be her assistant. However, she needed access to Bumblebee's shrinking technology and reverse it to turn her mutant killer bees into her giant Royal Army. Beatriz sent mutated carpenter bees to take out Bumblebee's Bee Tree Lab at her parents' property. They sawed the trunk straight through. Some of Bumblebee's super suit technology was stolen as well. The tree's collapse was initially thought to be just an accident.
Bumblebee also didn't connect the initial signs of Queen Bee's plan when she encountered lethargic bees in Centennial Park. Soon, people's sinuses began to react to her slumber dust and went into long lasting sneezing fits. Bee hives went silent. Several days later, an analysis of the pollen in Lucius Fox's lab determined it was man-made and would causing sneezing and drowsiness if delivered in mega doses but it was non-lethal. On Super Hero High Visit Day, Beatriz visited the school in search of Bumblebee under the guise of acting as a substitute for her distant niece who was off planet. Beatriz dressed like a glamorous old-time Hollywood movie star with her wide-brimmed hat complete with a black veil and dress that looked like a cross between haute culture and a beekeeper's suit. She only wanted Bumblebee to give her a tour of the campus. Bumblebee demonstrated her shrinking ability. Beatriz gave a creepy smile then stated there was work to be done and cryptically told Bumblebee she would be seeing her later.
Crops began failing in enough areas to warrant worry by the authorities. To make matter worse, by the time crops failed, there was hardly any trace of the pollen left to trace. Bumblebee began to suspect someone was dispersing the pollen to confuse bee populations. Kait's Pesty Pest Control Company inspected the Bee Tree Lab and discovered the mutant strain of bees and the unusual strength they displaced. There was a note tucked into the knot from Beatriz stating if Bumblebee wanted to see her parents again, she would come to Bialya. Bumblebee complied and flew to the Honeycomb Hall where Beatriz revealed her plans. Beast Boy was the first super to arrive to back up Bumblebee and was tasked with distracting her Royal Army. Bumblebee pleaded with Cuckoo to stand up to her in exchange for protection. Beatriz, now Queen Bee, grabbed atomizers and fired slumber dust at Bumblebee. Bumblebee shrunk to evade the dust and knocked Queen over with her sonic blasters. She countered with her venom stingers and nicked Bumblebee's shoulder.
Queen tried to sway Bumblebee to her side with the promise of becoming her top general and all the honey she could eat but was turned down. She took cover from Bumblebee's blasters from behind her throne. Queen tried to stomp her but she grew back to normal size and tossed her. However, her suit's power began to run out. She attempted to recharge off the Sun as much as she could. Queen began enlarging her army despite Bumblebee warning her altering their size could be disastrous without the right program and settings. Several Supers arrived and battled the army. Queen taunted Bumblebee she was nothing without her suit. She powered down her suit and quickly took stock of the throne room. She managed to grab Queen's control box and tossed it to Batgirl to reprogram. Bumblebee then used the castle's old iron cannon to shoot honey jars at Queen Bee, pinned her royal robe to a wall with a spear, and used a battle axe to cut down heavy velvet curtains that flanked the hall's tapestry.
The curtains fell on Queen then Bumblebee grabbed cord to tie her up. Bumblebee placed Cuckoo Bee in charge of Honeycomb Hall. Poison Ivy regenerated the world's flowers to grow and produce new pollen then came up with a formula to counteract the slumber dust. Bumblebee shrank the Royal Army back to normal size. They became docile and accept her as their new queen. Bumblebee ordered them to be free and never be under anyone's control again. They flew three circles of gratitude around her.