Pollinators Celebrating Love | Album: Katerina the Honey Bee ‪@KaterinaHoneyBee‬

Pollinators Celebrating Love was released on World Bee Day, 20 May 2026, as the English version of the much-loved Maltese song Festin Għad-Dakkara. Written by Rita Pace, composed by Augusto Cardinali, and performed by Christabelle Scerri, the song brings Katerina the Honey Bee into a colourful musical story that introduces children to pollination in a joyful and imaginative way. The song presents pollination as a wedding celebration between flowers. Through this playful idea, young listeners are invited to understand how pollinators help flowers produce fruit and continue the cycle of life. Katerina and her pollinator friends are portrayed as excited wedding guests, travelling from flower to flower, enjoying nectar, and taking part in nature’s celebration. The lyrics explain that when a flower is pollinated, the petals eventually fall and fruit begins to grow. In this way, the song gently connects the beauty of flowers with the food that humans and other creatures enjoy. It also highlights different pollinators, including bees, wasps, flies, mosquitoes, butterflies, and birds, showing children that many living creatures have an important role in nature. An important message in the song is the need to protect flowers and the habitats where pollinators live. Children are reminded not to take flowers away, because pollinators need these spaces to feed, survive, and continue their work. The song also celebrates cooperation in nature, showing that the cycle of life depends on the relationship between flowers, pollinators, the earth, and the skies above. With its lively rhythm, repeated chorus, and child-friendly storytelling, Pollinators Celebrating Love makes an important environmental concept easy to understand. It encourages children to see pollinators not only as insects and animals, but as part of one big family working together to keep nature beautiful, productive, and full of life. Written by: Rita Pace Music by: Augusto Cardinali Musical Arrangement by: Augusto Cardinali Performed by: Christabelle Scerri Directed and Produced by: Abner Joe Buttigieg and Dylan Farrugia Recorded at: AC Studios, Raħal Ġdid (Malta) Video Designed and Produced by: Abner Joe Buttigieg and Dylan Farugia © 2026 Foundation for the Conservation of the Maltese Honey Bee ________________________________ POLLINATORS CELEBRATING LOVE ________________________________ Come on, we got work to do! Katerina the Honey Bee too is taking flowers on a date and the couple just can’t wait! There’s a wedding on, today the beauty takes our breath away To every flower we have been Dressed in colour, a wedding scene! And the good news is that you can enjoy this party too cause a wedding’s celebrated when a flower’s pollinated! The pollinators are waiting And anticipating Katerina the Honey Bee too A wedding guest like me and you! So we’re all invited And we’re so excited We’re hungry, there’s more than enough For us when flowers fall in love! Guess what? It’s a special flight The groom is coming for his bride Here’s the flower, he’s the one And it’s only just begun When the petals start to drop the fruit starts to grow on top So delicious, you can eat Even humans get a treat Please don’t take our flowers away Leave for us a place to stay Or where will we be celebrating? What will we be pollinating? The pollinators are waiting And anticipating Katerina the Honey Bee too A wedding guest like me and you! So we’re all invited And we’re so excited We’re hungry, there’s more than enough For us when flowers fall in love! Wasps and flies, mosquitoes here Butterflies and birds appear So much nectar we can share Flowers smell good everywhere A wedding celebration, for all of us to see We are one big family Everywhere is full of love From the earth to skies above The cycle of life and creation Is built on this cooperation Nature works beautifully A lesson for you and me! The pollinators are waiting And anticipating Katerina the Honey Bee too A wedding guest like me and you! So we’re all invited And we’re so excited We’re hungry, there’s more than enough For us when flowers fall in love!