Question: who sang let me tell you about the birds and the bees?
Answer: Jewel Akens

'' The Birds and the Bees '' was a 1964 single release by Jewel Akens with a lyric based on the '' birds and the bees '' idiom commonly referenced with regard to affording young people their introductory sex education . An international hit in 1965 , '' The Birds and the Bees '' was reminiscent of such 1950s ' honky tonk - style hits as '' Blueberry Hill '' by Fats Domino and '' Kansas City '' by Wilbert Harrison .