- Following 2.1K
- Followers 3.6K
- Engagement 7.93%
- Avg likes 269
- Avg comments 26
About The Bees
The Bees (@thebeesmusic) is a Musician/band creator on Instagram. The account has 3,621 followers and 85 published posts. Recent posts average 269 likes and 26 comments, an engagement rate of 7.93%.
The Bees belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. The Bees follows 2,128 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.7 times the size of the list followed. The Bees carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files The Bees under a single category, Musician/band.
The Instagram bio for The Bees runs to 20 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for The Bees dates from October 2025.
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85 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for The Bees, 9 are videos and 1 is a carousel. That mix leans toward videos. 85 published posts give The Bees a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 43 followers for each post published. The Bees also keeps 7 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 108 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include it’s, thebees, sunshine, sonic and sonicsunshine. The captions tag #thebees, #sonicsunshine, #musicdocumentary, #thebeesmusic and #sunshinehitme.
We’ve dug into the vaults and pulled out a handful of genuine, one-of-a-kind items. Aged and worn exactly as you’d expect from twenty-plus years in storage:
🟡 **Original Sunshine Hit Me Promo Poster (2002)** OG campaign poster from the release that introduced us to the world. Only 4 left.
🟡 **Free The Bees Promo Poster (2004)**OG from the *Free The Bees* campaign, straight out of the studio archive. Limited stock.
🟡 **Sunshine Dub Me (The Weather II) Screen Print** A stunning limited-edition print by Peter Lloyd, the artist behind the original *Sunshine Hit Me* artwork. Edition of 5!
These are proper pieces of history, not mint, not perfect, but genuine and once they’re gone, they’re gone.
Every penny from the drop goes straight into finishing our documentary *Sonic Sunshine* Get yours, and help us get the film over the line. LINK in BIO:)
🔗
#TheBees #SonicSunshine #Bandcamp
Our version of “Eyes on the Prize” and what a song to stumble back into. It started life as an old gospel/folk number (“Gospel Plow,” aka “Keep Your Hand on the Plow”), then got reworked in the 1950s into one of the great American civil rights anthems. The Boss did a version on his 2006 album ‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessionsand’…and then we did too.
0ur version turns up on ‘Ping Pong’ the gorgeous little documentary about over-80s battling it out at the World Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia.🏓
This is cool & rare footage. Paul, Tim & Aaron in the studio down in The Steamrooms in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 2012. The kind of unearthed gold that makes *Sonic Sunshine* a soon-not-to-be-missed watch.☀️🐝✨
**Spoiler alert: it’s getting there, editing and everything going well**
Gaia is our love letter to the planet and she’s got a very special guest. sneaks in like he owns the place (he kind of does). Big riffs. Good vibes. Go on. The Earth deserves it. 🌿♥️🐝
It holds a huge place in the hearts of all involved. The Bees, the MCs, the DJs, the singers, the dancers, all the bands that played… and everyone who found their way into the club and onto that dancefloor.
It started as a monthly night at Patsies in Ryde, then moved across to Senators / Club K in Newport now known as the mighty for a weekly ritual.
It’s where we cut our teeth on stage, and where we partied with all our friends.
There was something about it, a shared energy that didn’t need explaining.
A beautiful, unified party.
Free-spirited, free wheeling times.
Thank you for the archive, it’s perfect ✨Biggest ♥️of all to main man for the drive behind it all X
We’ve got 33 limited edition slipmatts going up on Bandcamp today.
Fresh design by
Made for vinyl lovers.
Made for the long-term believers.
Limited to an edition of 33.
Black on white.
£33 each (+ £4 UK / £10 international shipping).
Upgrade your turntable.
When they’re gone, they’re gone. Bandcamp link in Bio 🐝✨🔊 Printed by
#thebees #freethebees #slipmatt #ltdeddition
Filmed by
#TheBees #MusicDocumentary #SonicSunshine #FreeTheBees
A series of songs I’ve been submerged in over the past few months.
Today’s absolute BEAUTY - which is safe to say in my top 10 songs of all time. Is by the recently reformed - It’s called ‘I Love You’ and is worth hunting down on the reissued wax format. Magical writing / arrangement / feel / emotion / production 🌞
What is there not to LOVE about this song…
Repressed by the lovely folk at
Enjoy
Sending 🪄❤️🪄
J
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#songs #love #rnb #ballad #vinyl
We know we only got there with your help!
Watch this space, as Sonic Sunshine starts to take shape.
There’s still a couple of days left on the Kickstarter (ending midnight on November 30th) to get us firmly and convincingly well over the line!!
We Love You
The Bees X
🐝⚡️☀️✨♥️
#thebees #thebeesmusic #musicdocumentary #sonicsunshine #sunshinehitme
We’re so happy to share a mini teaser from Sonic Sunshine - The Shed
It was tight, slightly chaotic, and a magical space where The Bees came to life. It’s where ideas were tested, sounds were tweaked, mistakes were made (rarely) and the magic really began to take shape.
Seeing how far we’ve come from those early shed days has made this journey feel even more special.
If you haven’t pledged yet, there’s still time to jump in, support Sonic Sunshine, and help us turn this into something real and joyful. Every single pledge pushes us closer to making this dream shine brighter.
Thank you for being part of this journey, from the shed floor to the final launch.
#thebees #thebeesmusic #musicdocumentary #sonicsunshine #sunshinehitme
This story started as a question, it then became a journey we couldn’t walk away from.
What began as a spark of curiosity turned into something much deeper. A look back, a reconnection and a celebration of what made The Bees so special. The music, the moments, the people… all woven together in a film that aims to capture the heart of it all.
“As Bees do, we work as a team… it’s just really beautiful.”
The full teaser is now live and it’s only a glimpse of what’s to come.
👀Watch the teaser now
🐝 Share the teaser and help us spread the buzz. Please tag your friends! Every share helps this story reach further.
Thank you so much! The Bees 🐝✨♥️
#thebees #thebeesmusic #musicdocumentary #sonicsunshine #sunshinehitme
The Bees's engagement
The Bees's engagement rate on Instagram is 7.93%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 13 followers. An average post collects 269 likes and 26 comments, close to 10 likes for each comment.
Engagement rate
7.93%
- Avg likes
- 269
- Avg comments
- 26
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 13
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Who is The Bees?
The Bees (@thebeesmusic) is a Musician/band creator on Instagram. The Bees carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for The Bees runs to 20 words.
How many followers does The Bees have?
The Bees has 3,621 followers on Instagram (3.6K). The Bees follows 2,128 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.7 times the size of the list followed. 85 published posts give The Bees a moderate archive on Instagram.
What is The Bees's engagement rate?
The Bees's engagement rate on Instagram is 7.93%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 13 followers. An average post collects 269 likes and 26 comments, close to 10 likes for each comment.
What does The Bees post about on Instagram?
Flinque files The Bees under a single category, Musician/band. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for The Bees, 9 are videos and 1 is a carousel. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for The Bees repeatedly use the words it’s, thebees, sunshine, sonic and sonicsunshine. The Bees's captions carry hashtags such as #thebees, #sonicsunshine and #musicdocumentary. The Bees writes those captions mainly in English. The Bees keeps 7 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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