Physiology
Beedrill mostly resembles a bipedal wasp; however, it only has four legs instead of six and lacks pigment pits. 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 insect-like in shape. Beedrill has two pairs of rounded, veined wings, and another stinger on its striped abdomen.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
They have incredibly painful stings and move extremely fast. It is able to fire its stinger as a projectile and regenerate it. They chase after intruders relentlessly in a swarm. Prior to Pokémon Black and White, it was the only known Pokémon to learn Twineedle by level up.
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. They seem to be especially concerned with the welfare of Weedle and Kakuna, as shown by their tendency to respond aggressively towards those that disturb them.
Habitat
Most Beedrill nest in forests and misty wooded areas. They can be encountered in Kanto and Johto, with some rare appearances in Unova.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Like bees, it might be possible that it collects nectar. However, it is also described to use sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, and then take the victim back to its nest for food.
Major appearances
Ash captured a Beedrill in the Bug-Catching Contest, but he gave it to Casey because she is a huge fan of yellow and black Pokémon. Multiple of them also appeared in the same episode.
Other
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. The Beedrill reappeared in a flashback in Battle Aboard the St. Anne.
In The Fourth Round Rumble a Trainer named Jeanette Fisher used a Beedrill against Ash's Bulbasaur. It reappeared in a flashback in Friends to the End.
During Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Phantom used two of these Poison Bee Pokémon to chase Ash and friends.
Jimmy of New Bark Town owns a Beedrill which was seen in The Legend of Thunder!
Minor appearances
Beedrill has appeared in a lot of episodes, mostly having an antagonistic role to Ash and his friends who are usually attacked by a swarm of Beedrill and end up running away.
A Beedrill appeared in The Path to the Pokémon League under the ownership of A.J..
In a flashback of The Purr-fect Hero, Timmy was saved from a Beedrill by a Meowth.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, where they attacked Team Rocket.
In The Lost Lapras, an obnoxious Trainer who was attacking a Lapras had a Beedrill.
A Beedrill, under the ownership of an unnamed Trainer, appeared in a flashback in A Shipful of Shivers.
A Beedrill appeared in Tracey Gets Bugged, where it blew Team Rocket's balloon.
A Beedrill was seen in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.
A Beedrill appeared in Illusion Confusion! as an illusion created by Haunter and Gengar.
Multiple Beedrill attacked Ash and his friends in Going Apricorn! while they were looking for Apricorns.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in For Crying Out Loud and Hot Matches! where they attacked Ash and his friends.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in Mewtwo Returns, Celebi: Voice of the Forest, Pokémon Heroes and Destiny Deoxys.
A swarm of Beedrill also appeared in A Better Pill to Swallow where they were attracted by the Shuckle juice that Team Rocket drank. Three Beedrill appeared in the same episode as part of Brock's fantasy.
Multiple Beedrill attacked Ash's Bayleef in Turning Over A New Bayleef after she kicked a rock in the bush they were residing.
Three Beedrill were among the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.
In Extreme Pokémon!, a Beedrill appeared with its Trainer, participating in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in A Poached Ego! where they attacked Team Rocket.
A Beedrill was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
A Beedrill is used in the PokéRinger Contest in That's Just Swellow.
Pokédex entries
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In the 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 uses a Beedrill twice, first against Red at Viridian Gym, then against Lance on Cerise Island. Giovanni has stated that one of his most treasured and strongest team members is a Beedrill he caught in his childhood from Viridian Forest, which eventually helped Yellow who was also facing Lance. It is also one of the few members of his team that isn't a Ground-type.