How To Play - Busy Bees

Busy Bees is a fun and easy strategy game for 2-3 players where players compete to colour as many 6 petal flowers as possible to see who can collect the most pollen for the hive. A medium length game that will entertain kids as young as 3 through to adults.

Number of players

2-3

Age recommendation

3-4: May require some adult assistance
5+: Can play independently

How to play

  1. Each player chooses 1 colour marker to use for their petals and a 2nd colour for the pollen

  1. Players take turns colouring 6 hexagons each, with the aim to colour as many complete flowers as possible. A ‘flower’ is a ring shape made of 6 hexagon petals around a central hexagon for the pollen. Flowers can share petals from another adjacent flower, but must have all petals in the same colour. 

  1. At the end of your turn, 'collect' your pollen by using the 2nd colour to colour in the central hexagon of all flowers you completed in that turn. 

  1. Players can block their opponents from completing a flower by colouring one or more of the petals in their own colour.

How to win

When it is no longer possible to complete any flowers, count how much pollen each player has collected. The player who collects the most pollen wins. Â