Busy as a Bee is a characteristic teaching piece from the turn of the 20th century. It features bright, staccato textures meant to evoke the humming activity of its namesake.
Maintain consistent staccato articulation at a brisk tempo while keeping a relaxed wrist.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Busy as a Bee is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 2.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Busy as a Bee lasts about 2 minutes.
Busy as a Bee is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include 'Tis Sunset in the Heart Waltz by J. L. Truax, Blumenwalzer by Léon Jessel, Bluin' the Blues by Henry Ragas — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.