The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (昆虫物語 みなしごハッチ, Konchū Monogatari: Minashigo Hatchi, lit.

Son of a Queen bee, Hutch is separated from his mother when his native beehive is destroyed by an attack of wasps.

After being broadcast in several international countries, the show was re-edited and translated into English in 1994 by Saban Entertainment as Honeybee Hutch, with 65 out of 91 episodes being dubbed.

The queen bee is forced to flee, but an egg is saved from the terrible slaughter, ending up hidden under a leaf.

Upon discovering that he is adopted and feeling like he was never fully accepted, Hutch decides to set out on a journey in search of his mother.

Hutch also faces many enemies, such as spiders, toads, ants, wasps, hornets, snakes, moles, predatory birds, reptiles, praying mantises and even humans.

The show was fully dubbed to Arabic in 1984 by G.C.C Joint Program Production Institution, which based in Kuwait.

In Latin America, the show was broadcast as Josemiel in the 1980s, for Mexico, the original edition was sent in 1984 to be transmitted by Televisa and Canal 6, got a lot of appreciation by their fans due to the dramatic script and the not-translated Japanese intro and ending.

Some years later, the remake named Las Aventuras de Hutch were transmitted also by Televisa, but as being adapted from the American version of the animation it got less popularity than the original series.