Buzz, Buzz

Buzz, Buzz is the 17th episode of Season 3 OF Thomas and Friends and the 69th episode overall

Plot
Trevor is enjoying his work in the Vicarage Orchard. It is a beautiful day with birds singing and apples ripening. James arrives and compliments how Trevor feels as well as his paint. After Trevor admits that he is bright and cheerful, James asks about a strange noise, which Trevor explains that it was from the bees that are making honey. Trevor needs to take the beehives to the station and the Vicar is going to give some of his honey to his friends. When BoCo arrives, he warns the two not to make the bees sting. However, James ignores him and both engines leave and set off for the next station.

Bill and Ben are busy arranging trucks but they leave when they see BoCo, who tells Duck about the time he first met the twins. Duck nicknames them "The Bees" and BoCo chuckles and finds a good nickname as a result of their behaviour. James bustles in after having overheard part of the conversation. He butts in asking Duck if he is ever afraid of bees and boasts that he would make the bees buzz off by blowing smoke at them, much to Duck's amusement.

The next morning, James prepares to pull the Express and as the passengers prepare to board the train, the porter is in a hurry and accidentally knocks a beehive off the trolley, causing it to break. Everyone in the station clears out and a swarm of bees buzz around James' crew in hopes they would repair their hive, but they are more worried that they will sting them, so the bees cling onto James' boiler for warmth. One burns his foot and in retaliation stings James on the nose, turning it red and swollen. James and his crew cannot take anymore and run off only to leave the coaches behind. They try to get the bees off using methods such as spinning on a turntable, washing them off and smoking them out in a tunnel, but all methods are unsuccessful. James' driver suggests to go back to the orchard, which allows the bees to fly off when they see a beehive at the Wellsworth vicarage.

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Once back at the sheds, the Vicar is grateful and thanks James for saving the bees, also noting that if it were Christmas, they could nickname him "James the Red-Nosed Engine," much to James and his crew's amusement. Instead, they prefer to call him "the bee's knees," as a sign of how useful he is.

Characters

 * James
 * Trevor
 * BoCo
 * Duck
 * Bill and Ben