Bears and Bees

Bears and Bees
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Premiere date	Week of January 19, 1961
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin Bill Loose John Seely Spencer Moore Raoul Kraushaar Jack Shaindlin
Writer(s)	Warren Foster
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Bears and Bees" is the seventh episode of Yogi Bear season three, and the forty-second overall, which came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show (instead of The Yogi Bear Show). It aired in the week of January 19, 1961 in syndication. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of HB Enterprises.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Jellystone Park

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Bill Loose, John Seely, Spencer Moore, Raoul Kraushaar, and Jack Shaindlin.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator artist: Hicks Lokey
• Layout artist: Tony Rivera
• Background artist: Richard H. Thomas
• Title artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story director: Alex Lovy

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of January 19, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on the "birds and the bees," a metaphorical term for that time in a parent's life when they finally have to explain sexual intercourse to their child.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 15, 2006: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • June 6: 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
  • January 31, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.