Bees are insects that appear in various Mario video games. Their first appearance in the series was Yoshi's Story. In this game the bees would easily be distracted by the Yoshi that the player was controlling, and wouldn't allow him to pass. So, the player had to control Yoshi so that he would move very slowly when walking, which would cause to bees to not even notice him. Larger bees also appeared in the game, and would harm Yoshi if he approached them.