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Hollywood’s animated films that feature insects – like Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie- are bugging out. They’re passably entertaining, but get failing grades for scientific accuracy.
In the world of social insects such as ants and honeybees, it’s usually the females that rule the roost. But in the new animated film “Bee Movie,” it’s the male honeybees that take the cake. New York Times science writer Natalie Angier gives us the buzz on why Hollywood seems to have missed out on Bio 101.