June 22: Bee Box and Swarm

Join us all month long as we pay homage to the tiny creatures responsible for pollinating the flowers, fruits, and vegetables that we all know and love . . .
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June 22: Bee Box and Swarm

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Join us all month long as we pay homage to the tiny creatures responsible for pollinating the flowers, fruits, and vegetables that we all know and love . . . and let’s not forget about the sweet, sweet honey either! Bee-lieve me, there are SO many fun challenges coming your way this month!

A new Blue Plate Special challenge is posted each Monday (sketch), Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Participants have until the 3rd of the following month to complete and post their creations in the Cookin' up Creations Gallery.

Prize will be a $20 Gift Certificate to their favorite online store (random drawing).....


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Where I live there are many bee boxes in fields. A “Bee box” is a commonly used term for the physical structure that houses a bee colony. A “colony” is a collective organism made up of a single bee family, consisting of one queen, drones and thousands of worker honeybees, while a “beehive” is the structure that houses them.
In the wild, many native bee species create their own homes, known as nests. Honeybees that are tended by humans are housed in manmade structures called beehives. The technical term used by beekeepers and bee scientists for what laymen call a “beehive” is a “hive body”.

A bee swarm is not dangerous! Honey bees sting in defense of their hive; when they are swarming, they are looking for a new home, not defending one they already have. They are focused on moving to their new location, and are unlikely to be distracted by passerby.
Additionally, before honey bees depart their natal hive, swarms overload on honey and nectar to provide them enough fuel to last them on their journey of finding a new home. This food also helps them to produce wax to begin building the new comb. Now, think back to the last time you ate a big meal. Did you enter a ‘food coma,’ meaning you were in a state of Zen after you finished eating? Just like the human body, bees tend to reduce their activity when swarming.
My challenge to you is to use boxes on your page. They can be rectangle or square. Use some clusters to represent the bees swarming. Also only use cardstock no patterned paper allowed. I hope this challenge helps you to think "outside the box"

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Creative challenge, Phillis! It will be extra challenging for me since I do love designer paper!
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Great challenge! Time to pull out the cardstock scraps so I'm not tempted to use pp :lol:
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Photos are almost literally in the "boxes" created by the pockets on a C-line baseball card protector. I only used Card stock (and photos). "Swarms" were created with clusters of sequins & diamond dots

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TheCraftyLady wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 12:34 pm Photos are almost literally in the "boxes" created by the pockets on a C-line baseball card protector. I only used Card stock (and photos). "Swarms" were created with clusters of sequins & diamond dots

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TheCraftyLady wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 12:34 pm Photos are almost literally in the "boxes" created by the pockets on a C-line baseball card protector. I only used Card stock (and photos). "Swarms" were created with clusters of sequins & diamond dots

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I love it. great use of boxes and swarms

Hello crafty lady. Glad you are here. this is the link to tell us about you:
http://www.cookinupcreations.net/forum/ ... um.php?f=2
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Members completing this challenge are -

1 - Phillis
2 - Carolyn (TheCraftyLady)
Tammy Folk - Strawberries & Peppermints

Scrapbooking....is there really anything else?

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