About this season
The adventures of a young and happy bee who is sent by her queen to search for pollen, and in doing so she finds a new world that surrounds her, making friends with various forest creatures.
Episodes (52)
1. Maya Is Born
6.0Aired 1 April 1975 • 25 min
A great excitement reigns in the hive, Cassandra, arrives home just in time to experience the birth of the new bees. A bee slips through one of the honeycombs: Maya.
2. Maya Learns To Fly
6.0Aired 8 May 1975 • 25 min
Maya and Willy still have a lot to learn about the weather, wasps, spiders, flowers... When the first flying lesson comes, Maya is enthusiastic but unaware of the dangers that await her...
3. Maya and The Dragonfly Shnuck
6.0Aired 15 May 1975 • 25 min
Miss Cassandra will be missing for a few weeks from the beehive, so Maya indulges in an unscheduled trip into nature. Getting into a fine mess in a pond, she is rescued by a kind dragonfly who has taken a liking to her. Soon after, it is Maya’s turn to rescue her from the clutches of a dragonfly-hunting boy.
4. Maya and The Ants
8.0Aired 22 May 1975 • 25 min
For one day, Maya wants to be the captain of an ant army. After all, she has helped ants come ashore on her floating leaf. This wish can be granted, and Maya holds her own as captain. She does guide the ants through the water and has trouble climbing up a tree trunk, but in the end it is she who helps the ants escape the dreaded ant lion.
5. Maya and The Housefly Puck
5.0Aired 29 May 1975 • 25 min
Maya meets Puck, a fly with a very bad temper. Puck can report all kinds of situations, food and, above all, people. Maya wants to meet humans and convinces Puck to show her a house.
6. Maya and The Spider Thekla
7.0Aired 5 June 1975 • 25 min
Maya marvels at the world: the dandelions, the sun, the water. On her journey she meets the pink beetle, who invites her to eat. Unfortunately, they can't stay to eat, they have to keep flying. During a trip with a Willy, he gets caught in the web of the spider Thekla.
7. The Forest Fire
6.0Aired 12 June 1975 • 25 min
Danger in the garden. It burns! The insects are at a loss. Only the violin spider finds the fire good. She loves everything that distracts the insects. Maybe someone will get into her web. The excitement increases. The fire spreads more and more. Already the first floor of the plant house is burned. The insects need help.
8. Willy With The Ants
6.0Aired 19 June 1975 • 25 min
The fly knows a wonderful vacation spot - in the middle of a horse's back. She just forgot to warn Willy and Maya about the horse's tail. One powerful swipe of the tail, and Willy falls unconscious to the ground. Of course, the ants clear him away: everything lying around is cleared away. With the ants, Willy comes to again, at the last moment - and from now on thinks he is an ant.
9. Maya and The Earthworm Max
6.0Aired 26 June 1975 • 25 min
Max, the earthworm is slightly depressed. The culprit is the eternal rain. Maya and Willy try to cheer him up.
10. Maya and The Frog
6.0Aired 3 July 1975 • 25 min
Maya and Willy meet a cute little green frog, however this frog has only one thing on his mind: he wants Maya and Willy for breakfast.
11. Maya and Iffi In The Rain
6.0Aired 10 July 1975 • 25 min
It has been raining all day. At first it is quite funny, the insects press themselves under a safe mushroom and tell each other what they have experienced - until Iffi appears. Iffi, the bark beetle in love. He confuses everything with his crush, and when his beloved turns up, the good mood is soon over. Just at this moment, the water rises. The small group is in danger.
12. Maya and The Firefly Jimmy
6.0Aired 17 July 1975 • 25 min
Maya and Willy learn for the first time in their lives about the luminosity of fireflies, and immediately, of course, Maya has an idea. She has always wanted to see the mysterious underground passages of the earth beetles. Everything under the ground is strangely alien, and Willy feels anything but comfortable in his skin. Where is the exit?
13. Maya and The Locust
6.0Aired 24 July 1975 • 25 min
One day, Maya and Willy discover a strange old locust in the garden. She has lost connection with the large group of locusts and is now sitting quite discouraged and unhappy with herself in the garden. Maya and Willy build her a stretcher and help her... although the old locust soon turns out to be very vigorous...
14. The Jumping Competition
6.0Aired 31 July 1975 • 25 min
A big jumping competition is scheduled for today. Flip is showing off tremendously. He thinks he's the best, the fastest, the farthest and, above all, the most elegant jumper. But he has to learn that sometimes there are even better ones.
15. Maya and The Larva
6.0Aired 7 August 1975 • 25 min
Maya and Willy have found a small caterpillar that they think is homeless. They take the caterpillar to themselves and raise it. They nurture it and begin to like the caterpillar. But one day they experience that their little caterpillar first becomes a monster and then a beautiful butterfly.
16. The Beetles
7.0Aired 14 August 1975 • 25 min
Maya has promised a pair of beetles to look after their brood. Poor Willy! If he had known how difficult it is to herd a wild bunch of little beetles. He certainly wouldn't have gotten up that morning at all.
17. Maya and The Centipede Jerome
7.0Aired 21 August 1975 • 25 min
Maya meets a sick centipede. But the centipede doesn't know what exactly is wrong with him. One of his many legs is no longer working properly.
18. Flip Is Trapped
6.0Aired 28 August 1975 • 25 min
Flip is in trouble. While training for the Grasshopper Wide Hopping Championship, he has fallen into the clutches of a carnivorous plant.
19. Maya and Kurt’s Rescue
6.0Aired 4 September 1975 • 25 min
The evil spider Thekla has caught Maya and wants to eat her. But Kurt, the dung beetle, frees her. Thekla vows revenge and gets her chance when Kurt is knocked down on his back and can't get up. Maya won't let the evil spider do it and comes to Kurt’s rescue with her friend Willy.
20. Shelter From the Wind
6.0Aired 11 September 1975 • 25 min
21. Cicada
7.0Aired 18 September 1975 • 25 min
22. Jama the Ant
8.0Aired 25 September 1975 • 25 min
23. Cricket
5.0Aired 2 October 1975 • 25 min
24. Where is the Wood
5.0Aired 9 October 1975 • 25 min
25. Tiger Longicorn Beetle
7.0Aired 16 October 1975 • 25 min
26. Cousin Franz
6.0Aired 23 October 1975 • 25 min
27. Flower Sprite
6.0Aired 30 October 1975 • 25 min
28. Hiccup
6.0Aired 6 November 1975 • 25 min
29. What Kind of House
6.0Aired 13 November 1975 • 25 min
30. Colonel Weaver
6.0Aired 20 November 1975 • 25 min
31. Harold the Hawk
6.0Aired 27 November 1975 • 25 min
32. Maja Wishes To Be a Bird-Sized Bee
5.0Aired 4 December 1975 • 25 min
33. Pursuit by a Sparrow and a Frog
7.0Aired 11 December 1975 • 25 min
34. Willard the Strong
6.0Aired 18 December 1975 • 25 min
35. Twin Flap
6.0Aired 25 December 1975 • 25 min
36. Kitty the Flea
6.0Aired 1 January 1976 • 25 min
37. Maja in the Snow
6.0Aired 8 January 1976 • 25 min
38. Spring has Come
6.0Aired 15 January 1976 • 25 min
39. Chipper the Moth
6.0Aired 22 January 1976 • 25 min
40. Duel At Ant’s Ranch
6.0Aired 29 January 1976 • 25 min
41. Fake Holes
6.0Aired 5 February 1976 • 25 min
42. Clide the Cockroach
6.0Aired 12 February 1976 • 25 min
43. New Friends
5.0Aired 19 February 1976 • 25 min
44. The Lonely Champion
6.0Aired 26 February 1976 • 25 min
45. Eggs, Eggs, and Still More Eggs
6.0Aired 4 March 1976 • 25 min
46. Burt the Honey Bee
5.0Aired 11 March 1976 • 25 min
47. Anthony the Ant
6.0Aired 18 March 1976 • 25 min
48. Thekla and the Violin Contest
5.0Aired 25 March 1976 • 25 min
49. Beauty Contest
6.0Aired 1 April 1976 • 25 min
50. Maja on the Sea
6.0Aired 8 April 1976 • 25 min
51. Maja in a Big Pinch
7.0Aired 15 April 1976 • 25 min
52. Welcome Home Maja
6.0Aired 22 April 1976 • 25 min