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Skeleton Bee

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Skeleton Bee
Artwork of a Skeleton Bee, from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins.
Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
First appearance Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (1992)
Latest appearance Super Mario-kun ("Wario-kun the superhuman") (1995)
Variant of Beebee
Comparable
Dry Bones

A Skeleton Bee[1][2] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins. They are undead ancestors of Beebees.[3] In official artwork, they appear to have a normal, non-skeletal body and carry spears; however, in gameplay, the bottom half is able to be seen through as if they are completely composed of bones and do not carry spears at all.

History

Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins

They make their only appearance in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins. Unera only appear in the Bee Hive Course of the Tree Zone, hiding inside the honeycomb holes like regular Beebees. Skeleton Bees are tougher than their non-skeletal counterparts, as they can come back to life after Mario defeats them. Doing a Spin Jump and using a Star are the only ways to defeat them permanently.

Super Mario Kodansha manga

In the second chapter of the Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1 volume of the Super Mario Kodansha manga, Mario, Peach, and Battle Beetle quietly traverse the Bee Hive Course but, tickled by Peach's hair, Mario sneezes, waking the Beebees. Peach uses a bug-spray to kill them, but they resurrect as Skeleton Bees, focing the three to leave the Bee Hive.

In Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, a Skeleton Bee can be seen as one of the several enemies that Mario and Luigi quickly pass by inside Wario's Castle.

Super Mario-kun

In chapter 2 of volume 7 of Super Mario-kun, a Bigbee summons a group of Skeleton Bees to attack Bunny Mario and Carrot. They sting Mario in the bunny ears, causing them to become bigger from the stings, so Mario uses them to swat them and the Bigbee.

A Skeleton Bee appears in chapter 7 of volume 10, when Luigi brings all of the freed Mario Land's creatures to witness the final battle.

A Skeleton Bee takes part in Wario's New Year party in the second bonus chapter of volume 12, but it is never seen being "tortured" by his activities.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      This bee has become a skeleton. Even if Mario stomps on this boney bumblebee, it'll come back to life.[1]
  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
    • 'English:
      This bee has become a skeleton. Even if Mario stomps on this bony bumblebee, it'll come back to life.'

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ガイゴ (JP) / Skeleton Bee (EN)
A Skeleton Bee from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ゴースト族ぞく Tribe Ghost clan
性格せいかく しつこい Disposition Persistent
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド2 Game appearances Land 2
踏ふめるだけましなのかな

ビービー(P167)たちのご先祖様せんぞさま。攻撃こうげきパターンはビービーに似にているが、ゴーストらしく踏ふんでもすぐによみがえってくる。やっつけるにはスピンジャンプが有効ゆうこうだ。[3]

Maybe it's just better to be able to step on it.

Ancestor of Beebees (p. 167) and others. Their attack pattern is similar to that of Beebees, but like ghosts, they quickly come back to life even if you jump on them. Spin-Jumping is an effective way to defeat them.

Gallery

  • Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
    Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
  • Sprite from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
    Sprite from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
  • A "defeated" Skeleton Bee.
    A "defeated" Skeleton Bee.
  • The ? Block can be seen through the Skeleton Bee's body.
    The ? Block can be seen through the Skeleton Bee's body.

Names in other languages

Names unique to the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are denoted as such in the "notes" column.

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseガイコツバチ
Gaikotsu Bachi
Skeleton Bee[4][5][6]
ガイゴ
Gaigo
From「骸骨」(gaikotsu, "skeleton")[7][8]
DutchSkeletbijSkeleton Bee[9]:31
FrenchAbeille-SqueletteSkeleton Bee[9]:13
GermanKnochen-BieneBone Bee[10]
ItalianSkeleton Bee-[11][12]
SkelapePortmanteau of scheletro ("skeleton") and ape ("bee")Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia[13][14]
Spanish (Latin America)Abeja ÓseaBone Bee[15]
Spanish (Europe)Abeja EsqueletoSkeleton Bee[16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b 1992. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 13.
  2. ^ Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (English). Retrieved July 16, 2026 from nintendo.com (Japan). (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  3. ^ a b Kiire, Kyoko (Shogakukan), Koichi Watanabe, Hiroaki Nagata, Masatoshi Watanabe, Haruko Ueki (Supersonic), and Toru Mori, editors (1994). 『パーフェクト版ばん マリオキャラクター大事典だいじてん』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 50. Retrieved May 22, 2022 from Imgur.
  4. ^ 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 16.
  5. ^ 2011. 『スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨』 (Electronic Manual). Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 31. Retrieved from nintendo.co.jp.
  6. ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Retrieved July 16, 2026 from nintendo.com (Japan). (Archived July 29, 2025, 00:18:40 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  7. ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 12.
  8. ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 July 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Tokyo: Kodansha (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319398-5. Page 7Media:KC Mario Super Mario Land 2 Enemies.jpg.
  9. ^ a b 1992. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins Instruction Booklet / mode d'emploi. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French, Dutch).
  10. ^ 1992. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins Spieleanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 14.
  11. ^ 1992. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins Manuale di istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 13.
  12. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Tab 13.
  13. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
  14. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 75.
  15. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish). Tab 13.
  16. ^ 1992. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins Manual de Instrucciones. Madrid: Nintendo España, S.A. (Spanish). Page 13. (Archived via Scribd by Javier González Artime.)
  17. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 75.
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Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
Protagonists Mario • Heavy Zed • Hippo
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Bunny Mario • Space Mario • Aqua Mario • Invincible Mario • Bomb Mario
Bosses Big Bird • Tatanga • Sewer rat • Witch • Three Little Pigs • Octopus • Wario
Items 1-Up Heart • 3-Up Heart • Carrot • Coin • Fire Flower • Golden Coin • Moneybag • Mushroom • Star
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Enemies Ant • Aqua Goomba • Battle Beetle • Bear • Bee Fly • Beebee • Bero • Bigbee • Birdfish • Blurp • Bomubomu • Boo • Bopping Toady • Bullet Bill • Cheep-Cheep • Chikunto • Collector • Dokanto • Dondon • Falling spike • Fireball Boy • Floating Face • Furizo • Ghost Goomba • Goomba • Goronto • Grubby • Honebon • Jack-in-the-Box • Karakara • Karamenbo • Kiddokatto • Koopa Troopa • Kyororo • Kyotonbo • Kurokyura • Masked Ghoul • Mechanical fist • Minikyura • Moofish • No.48 • Noko Bombette • Para-Goomba • Pikku • Piranha Plant • Poro • Ragumo • Rerere • Satellite • Screw • Shark • Skeleton Bee • Spiked ball (Pumpkin Zone) • Spikey • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Star • Tamara • Tatenoko • Tosenbo • Unera • Unibo • Wakiri • Venus Fire Trap • Yashichi
Obstacles Boulder • Cannonball • Crystal ball • Fire • Lance • Lava • Piranha Plant (statue) • Spiked ball • Turtle Cannon • Witch's Cauldron
Levels Overworld Gate Course • Bubble Course • Scenic Course
Tree Zone Roots Course • Tree Trunk Course • Leaf Course • Bee Hive Course • Owl Course • Secret Course 1
Space Zone Moon Course • Star Course • Secret Course 2
Macro Zone Manhole Course • Flower Course • Fireplace Course • Attic Course • Secret Course 3
Pumpkin Zone Bat Course • Graveyard Course • Ghost House Course • Witch's Mansion Course • Secret Course 4 • Secret Course 5
Mario Zone Gear Course • Gumball Course • Crane Course • Block Course
Turtle Zone Cheep Cheep Course • Sunken Ship Course • Whale Course • Secret Course 6
Wario's Castle Captured Mario's Castle Course
Music "Bonus Game" • "Main Theme" ("File Select" • "Tree Zone" • "Roots Course (Tree Zone)" • "Boss BGM" • "Got a Golden Coin" • "Whale Course (Turtle Zone)" • "Crane Course (Mario Zone)" • "Got an Item" • "Ghost House Course (Pumpkin Zone)" • "Manhole Course (Macro Zone)" • "Player Down" • "Game Over" • "Moon Course (Space Zone)" • "6 Golden Coins") • "Mario Land" • "Star Course (Space Zone)" ("Space Zone")
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