Beedrill mostly resembles a bipedal wasp, however it only has four legs instead of six. Beedrill's head is round with a slightly pointed mouth, with large, shiny red eyes and antennae in the shape of the number 7. Its legs are connected to its body by its thorax, and the first two are tipped with long, conical stingers. It stands on its other two legs, which are long, segmented and insectoid in shape. Beedrill has rounded, veined wings, and another stinger on its striped abdomen.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
They have incredibly painful stings, and move extremely fast. They chase after intruders relentlessly in a swarm.
Behavior
They are highly territorial and normally live in colonies. Disturbing a swarm of Beedrill will cause the whole colony to attack. Beedrill is depicted as being very quick, so it's extremely difficult to avoid its attack after approaching its nest.
Like bees, it might be possible that it collects nectar, but it is also described to use sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then taking the victim back to its nest for food.
Beedrill's first non-cameo appearance was in Challenge of the Samurai, where a swarm of them stole Ash's Metapod after evolving from Kakuna. The reason for this was to avenge Ash for failing to capture the Weedle (and startling it), which subsequently fled after Samurai arrived.
Beedrill has appeared in a lot of episodes, mostly having an antagonistic role to Ash and friends who are usually attacked by a swarm of Beedrill and end up running away.
In The Lost Lapras, an obnoxious trainer who was attacking a Lapras had a Beedrill.
Beedrill. This Pokémon is an evolved form of Weedle, following its Kakuna stage. Its sting is highly poisonous.
In the manga
In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, Ash caught a Beedrill in Kanto, and it was part of a swarm that he had disturbed when he caught a Mankey. He thought this Beedrill, along with Mankey, would help him to raise his Trainer level, but it couldn't.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A herd of angry Beedrill attacked Red because Saur accidentally hit their hive. Both the trainer and his Pokémon were badly stung afterwards.
Later, Giovanni shows that one of his most treasured and strongest team members is a Beedrill he caught in his childhood from Viridian Forest. It is also one of the few members of his team that isn't a Template:Type2.
Beedrill was in the first Super Smash Bros. game. When a Poké Ball was opened, one would come out and fly away. A few seconds later a whole swarm would fly by and attack everyone on the field except the user. It did not appear again in Super Smash Bros. Melee and its role was taken over by Unown.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.
Beedrill's English name was originally going to be spelled with only one "L" instead of two.
Beedrill is the first Pokémon in National Pokédex order that can learn a signature move, in its case Twineedle. However, in Gen V Beedrill lost this status, due to Shubarugo also being able to learn it via level-up. This status now belongs to Meowth (with Pay Day)
In The Legend of Thunder!, when Marina's Jigglypuff uses Sing, it has no affect on Beedrill. Jimmy states that its wings beat so fast that they blocks all sound waves before they reach its ears. Despite this statement, Beedrill cannot have the ability Soundproof.
Its design appears to simply be a stylized bee or wasp. However, it has a much closer resemblance to an Asian giant hornet. Its Shiny form may be based on the Agapostemon, as both are green in color.
Name origin
Beedrill's name is a combination of bee and drill, indicating the needle-like arms it wields. Spear also refers to its stingers. In addition, its Japanese name could contain a reversal of Apis, the name for the honey bee genus.
In other languages
German: Bibor - From Biene (bee) and Bohrer (drill).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
Poison Barb (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Beedrill images on Bulbagarden Archives.
