A fight then breaks out, which results in Montgomery being stuck in a wheelchair-thing. Barry sends a bear into the room to frighten Layton and to serve as evidence. After verifying that yes, he is a talking bee. Montgomery, a lawyer protecting the companies. In the case, Barry goes up against Layton T. While living in the big city of New York, getting a crash course on humans, Barry discovers humans have been stealing and eating the honey that the bees made and subsequently decides to file a class-action lawsuit against humans for stealing their honey. Barry soon develops a relationship with Vanessa, which started with the now infamous quote 'Ya like jazz?' which broke one of the laws of beedom: never talk to humans.
Soon, Barry decides to venture into the big wide wondrous world of Manhattan and meets the quirky Vanessa, who is a human florist who's boyfriend is allergic to bees and repeatedly tries to kill the bee. Benson is a bee who just graduated from college and is disillusioned with his lone career choice: working for Honex to make honey in New Hive City.
