Field Of Bees: Busy Bee

A Print and Play Mini Game now on WWF’s Wild Classroom!

With its lively gameplay and honey sweet visuals, Busy Bee will captivate players of all ages. Delight in the fun that this enchanting print and play dice game offers, whether you're a busy professional seeking a moment of respite or a child discovering the joys of gameplay.

Your mission as is to explore the wildflower field, rolling different flowers to attract endangered bee populations to your bee sanctuary. As the game unfolds, you'll need to make quick decisions to overcome the odds of chance.

Meet the Bees

  • American Bumblebee

    The American bumblebee is native to North America and is an important pollinator of many crops and wildflowers. It nests underground in abandoned rodent burrows. It is declining in population due to habitat loss and pesticide use.

  • Rusty-patched bumble bee

    Rusty-patched bumble bees usually build their nests in previously existing cavities below ground, such as rodent burrows. Colonies may consist of up to 1,000 individual workers. Workers and males have a reddish patch in the center of their backs!

  • Squash Bee

    Squash bees are digging, solitary bees. A female bee will make her own nest by excavating a vertical tunnel in the ground. Squash bees pollinate a wide variety of squash and gourds including pumpkin and zucchini. Squash bees can often be found napping peacefully in the wilted flowers of these plants!

  • Blue Orchard Mason Bee

    While the blue orchard mason bee is solitary, it often nests near other bees. When building their nests, mason bees use clay to make partitions and to seal the entrance. This unique behavior is why they are called masons! They carry pollen on their bellies rather than on their hind legs, like bumble bees.

  • Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee

    The Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee is a parasitic bee that lays its eggs in the nests of other bees. Its larvae eat the food that the host bee has stored for its own young. Cuckoo bees can even mimic the host bee's pheromones to trick it into letting them into the nest.

  • Metallic Green Sweat Bee

    Metallic green sweat bees feed on the nectar of flowers and even the honeydew-a sugary liquid­ released by aphids. They can nest colonially in soil, which means many bees can use a single entrance in the ground, and then tunnel to build their own nest connected to the primary entrance. This is similar to living in an apartment building.

Flowers for hours.

  • Wild Strawberry

    Attracts the Metallic Green Sweat Bee.

  • Wild Bergamot

    Attracts the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee and American Bumblebee.

  • Black-Eyed Susan

    Attracts the Blue Orchard Mason Bee and Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee.

  • Lupine

    Attracts the American Bumble Bee.

  • Squash Blossom

    Attracts the Squash Bee.

  • Knapweed

    Avoid the knapweed! It produces toxins at its roots that stunt the growth of nearby plants. The plants and flowers are a source for pollinators. This weed makes a player lose 1 bee!

Buzzing Soon!

A full-size version game of Field of Bees is launching next year!

Featuring new bees and new flowers, this card game will immerse you in the world of these essential pollinators.

A buzzing card game that lets you experience the world of these essential pollinators. Your mission a melittologist is to explore the wildflower field, flipping and collecting different flowers to lure endangered bee populations to your bee sanctuary. As the game unfolds, you'll need to employ a blend of memory and tactical decision-making to gather the right flower combinations, redeem bee cards, and use their special abilities to outsmart your opponents or work together!

Ready to play?

Meet the designer.

As a Panda Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund, Autumn has dedicated her free time to raising awareness about endangered species and their ecological importance. As a professional recipe developer, Autumn understands the impact of bees on our food systems. So, for her latest project she created a Print and Play mini dice game called Field of Bees: Busy Bee.

This game features several endangered bee species and educates players about them and the flowers that attract them. As a game designer, she skillfully intertwines education and entertainment, ensuring players are not only captivated by the game's honey-sweet visuals but also engrossed in an immersive learning experience.

By gamifying the educational process, Autumn hooks players and sparks their curiosity about the world of bees, inspiring them to take action.

Head over to WWF’s Wild Classroom to play Field of Bees: Busy Bee. You’ll experience a world where bees flourish, nature thrives, and generations to come can reap the sweet rewards of a healthy and balanced ecosystem!