A mom and car reviewer gave her opinion on the 2025 Nightshade Edition Prius with its Karashi yellow paint. And while she loved the color and generally had a favorable opinion of the vehicle, she did experience a strange downside while testing it out: It was constantly assailed by bees.
Katherine (@ntcrgrl) runs a review series titled “Not a Car Girl.” In a video published Nov. 11, she praises the Prius’ aesthetics, especially the “blacked out” wheels she says provided a great contrast to the car’s yellow hue, though she does think the car’s all-black seats were “slightly boring.”
Despite having a small parking spot footprint, Katherine says the hatchback style sedan’s interior was “pretty spacious.”
She also says that while her review unit was the HEV model, that she found the plug-in hybrid variant an alluring buy. InsideEVs agrees, and corroborated the 44 miles of all-electric driving it offers.
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Katherine does have some criticisms of the rear door handles, which are located near the rear windows and blend into the car’s black panel trim. She says in the video that if she were a rideshare passenger, she would have no idea how to get in.
“I could have gone my entire life not knowing that this is not a coupe,” she says.
Once inside the backseat, she commends the second row’s legroom, which stands at approximately 34.8 inches, slightly less than the 2025 Tesla Model 3, and headroom.
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The TikToker also praises the car’s rear hatch area. And while she says she was disappointed to see that a remote start option wasn’t offered in its standard key fob, she did appreciate the lock/unlock chime sounds on the Prius, describing them as “bubbly.”
She says she was let down by the Prius’s backup camera, which she thought wasn’t as “advanced” as on some other Prius offerings. Her main gripe, she says, is that she couldn’t find a button to activate the backup camera, meaning she has to place the vehicle in reverse in order to turn it on.
Katherine goes on to mention the Prius’s 196 horsepower engine, which she says packs more than the CR-V she drives. And due to the fact that the Prius weighs less, she says it doesn’t feel slow at all. Moreover, in spite of its low ride stance, Katherine says she was impressed with how comfortable it was to drive the car herself. She points out that the car has no shortage of USB ports, with two USB-C units in the car’s armrest, two right below its dash, and two for rear passengers to use as well.
At the end of her clip, she says the only downside is the lack of storage space in the car’s trunk and its bland interior.
Are Bees Attracted to Yellow Cars?
Throughout her review, Katherine keeps highlighting bees flying near the car. Despite its apparent ability to attract the insects, she did praise Toyota for offering the yellow color, saying she’s tired of seeing manufacturers consistently offer “cobalt blue and red” paint jobs.
The TikToker isn’t the only person driving in a yellow car who noticed it attracts bees. One Redditor on the site’s r/explainlikeimfive sub said they had a similar issue with their yellow Nissan Xterra. A reply to the post said that “bees are attracted to bright colors because they want to find flowers to collect nectar from.”
Another person on this SVRider forum also noted that bees always hover around his yellow bike. However, they said they never had this issue with their other bikes, which were black and blue. In the same discussion thread, one commenter remarked that they experienced this same issue with their yellow car.
A study from Cornell University urges folks who are worried about attracting bees to steer clear of wearing bright colors. In it, floral hues such as “red, yellow, and orange” are specifically mentioned as being alluring to bees.
InsideEVs has reached out to Toyota and Katherine via email for further comment.
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