Have you ever seen the Bee Movie, starring Jerry Seinfeld as the loveable protagonist, Barry B. Benson? If you have, you’re sure to remember exactly what Barry B. Benson looks like. Even if you’ve never seen the movie, you may have noticed the bee–zarre drawings of him all around the school! I did, and many other Maggie Walker students have as well, so I took it upon myself to find out who’s bee-hind these sweet as honey drawings.

I bee–gan my search by simply asking students around the school where these drawings may have originated from. Thereafter, I checked out the classrooms with said drawings. As I voyaged through the doodle-filled rooms, I found a student who had more info to share. Sean Fang, a senior, gave me my first clue, stating, “I will tell you, it is a junior.” After this, I went to Mr. Webb’s room to examine the bee drawing living in his classroom. As I went up to the whiteboard, Mr. Webb noticed my investigation, and blurted out, “You looking for Rachel’s bees?” With that clue, I had finally figured out a name. It was at that moment I knew the perfect person to ask about our vandal.

I decided to go to Coach Hall, the experienced art teacher at Maggie Walker, for some answers to my prolonged investigation. When I asked him if he knew a junior with the first name Rachel, he quickly responded, “Yes, I have taught a Rachel.” After this confirmation, I then asked him if he had a last name for me; luckily he did: “Dai.” As my investigation came together to give me the name “Rachel Dai,” I was able to utilize previous school records, as well as the knowledge I had just attained, to determine the culprit’s appearance. After some time, I reached out to the vandal, and attained an interview with Dai. I received confirmation that they were the one drawing the bee-autiful bees in almost every classroom. Dai shared that the reason they drew bees in the classrooms started as a joke, stemming from the Bee Movie’s iconic phrase, “Ya like jazz?” However, Dai continued to draw them because of all of the fun comments and feedback they received. People bee-gan repeatedly asking if they were the bee drawing hero, and Dai had “an adrenaline rush” every time they would ask a teacher’s permission to draw a bee in their classrooms. The bee drawings caused so many positive reactions that it caused Dai to keep going with the drawings. So, while the exciting mystery of the bee drawings may have started out as a joke, Dai was able to liven up Maggie Walker, one bee at a time.