The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The series features the adventures of a young bee named Hutch: the son of a Queen bee, Hutch is separated from his mother when his native beehive is destroyed by an attack of wasps. The series follows Hutch as he searches for his missing mother, in the midst of a frequently hostile nature. A sequel, The New Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, and numbering 26 episodes, was produced in 1974.