"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date August 5, 1949

Synopsis

Donald's greenhouse is an ideal source of pollen for Spike the Bee.

Characters

Donald Duck

Spike the Bee

Credits

Director : Jack Hannah

Animation

Bob Carlson

Volus Jones

Judge Whittaker

Dan MacManus

Story

Bill Berg

Nick George

Layout : Yale Gracey

Background : Thelma Witmer

Music : Oliver Wallace

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions 2 : Donald's Bee Pictures

Italy

Gold Editions : Paperino e le Api

Winnie Puh a Tu per Tu

Laserdiscs

United States

Donald's Bee Pictures

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald, Volume 3 : 1947-1950

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 4

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode 10

Walt Disney Presents : The Donald Duck Story

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Ryan : Donald discovers that there is a bee who is producing honey in one of his old cars. Donald decides to steal the honey while the bee is gone. Although I enjoy this short quite a bit, some of the scenes where Donald and the bee are fighting over the honey gets kind of tiring for me.

Referenced Comments

Bee on Guard (1951)

Donald goes after the honey.
Animation sketches courtesy of The Animation Celection<

Donald Duck from "Honey Harvester"
Animation sketch courtesy of Van Eaton Galleries

I have seen "Honey Harvester" and would like to
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