What do the second player co-op bees do?

I read that a second player can play as "bees" during the single-player campaign's co-op, but I don't appear to be able to do anything besides look around. How does it work?

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Did some testing on this (Xbox One). If idle, the second player's bees will disappear, but pressing A will bring the clunky cursor back up, which the player can move with the analog stick.

The cursor won't automatically pick up quills, but if Yooka/Laylee is relatively close to the quill, the second player can press A over the quill to collect it.

Similarly for butterflies, the second player can press A over nearby butterflies to store them (no immediate effect on the player). The second player can release these from the cursor when later needed with the B button. I've stored at least three this way—good for when you're hurting for butterflies later. (Not sure what the PC keybinding would be.)

According to this website:

The second player will be able to collect butterflies and quills, as well as disarm traps in the world to help the heroes out.

Other than just moving around, that appears to be everything that the second player in coop can do. The second player is known as "The Bee Team." The Wiki page also says that same thing as the linked article above.

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You can also hold up some platforms with the bees.

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