Bee/Beekeeping T-shirt -What would you like to see?

[ickyfritz]

The only people who would understand this one, are those that served...

Good catch Honeydew!

[Adam Foster Collins]

What about,

Beekeepers are occasional smokers
With a picture of a smoker...

[NCSUbeeKEEPER]

Front: I piss off 30,000 girls daily

Back: What makes you think I care about you?

[Cedar Hill]

High flying bees going into the hive type of picture followed by the phrase " Pennies from heaven! " OMTCW

[Bee Bliss]

INCOMING! (with a picture of a bear ducking and looking in the direction of a cloud of bees about to attack! The hive is scattered.)

[Adam Foster Collins]

"Varroa Mites Suck"

[John C]

I always liked this picture. I actually found one on Ebay.

http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/wp-con...BeeKeeping.jpg

[catdance62]

@John C--I like that too.
If you make shirts, please offer some girlie-style shirts too! (not the design, but the cut of the shirt)

[fish_stix]

Target with bee and stinger buried in the bullseye. Don't really need the shirt as my bees are 10 ring shooters anyway!

[S_Toast]

Bees.....

Smoke'em if you got'em!

Have to say I find this idea fantastic. Easy for "non-bee" people to get the meaning. I think most people are familiar with the latter part of the saying (but maybe most don't know the original meaning...) and who hasn't seen bees being smoked on TV? I laughed out loud when I saw this one

[Michael Bush]

My suggestions (other than I like OD Frank's suggestion):

1) don't make the shirt yellow. Bees are not yellow. Honey is not yellow.

2) don't make the bees look like yellow jackets. Bees are fuzzy. Bees are not yellow. They may have some black on them, or not. make them look like a honey bee. Make them look friendly.

[BoTBees]

Front: I piss off 30,000 girls daily

Back: What makes you think I care about you?

i'll take 1 of these. that's a good one.

[DeeAnna]

"...What makes you think I care about you?..."

Can't say I get into the ones that insult the reader. Obviously it works for others.

What about "How sweet it is!" with an image that evokes the sweetness of honey.

--DeeAnna

[Adam Foster Collins]

My suggestions (other than I like OD Frank's suggestion):

1) don't make the shirt yellow. Bees are not yellow. Honey is not yellow.

2) don't make the bees look like yellow jackets. Bees are fuzzy. Bees are not yellow. They may have some black on them, or not. make them look like a honey bee. Make them look friendly.

Agreed. I really hate the fact that most honeybee representations don't look anything like a honeybee. You won't find any black and yellow striped cartoon figures in my designs.

Did Odfrank make a suggestion? I'm not seeing it.

I will likely stay away from anything too stiff or rude-sounding. Even if it is funny, I just want to make things that are on the light side. I do appreciate all the ideas people offer though, as sometimes an idea that I might not use helps me come up with another idea that works for what I'm up to.

So far, I've made two and I'm going to keep at it. When I've got enough ready, I'll post a link to what I've made.

Thanks again for whatever you feel like throwing into the mix.

Adam

[Adam Foster Collins]

If anyone has a really good picture of a queen where she's clearly visible without other bees obstructing her, I'd like to use one to create a "God Save the Queen" shirt.

I'm also wondering if anyone knows of sources for old bee illustrations - ones old enough to be legal to reproduce. Some of those might look nice on a shirt...

Adam

[DeeAnna]

Maybe some of the people who collect print editions of old bee tomes would be willing to scan some of the engravings??? --DeeAnna

[Michael Bush]

It was a bit risque... but I still liked it... maybe it got removed.

[DeeAnna]

I found a few images that might be of interest, including one of a queen bee, Adam. I couldn't resist including a totally irrelevant but goofy "Mail Box Test" ad.

All images are selections from Gleanings in Bee Culture, 1875 and 1902, from Google Books. See: http://classicbells.com/bees/bees.html --DeeAnna

[Barry Digman]

I'm working on some t-shirt designs, and I wondered what people would like to see on a shirt. I mean like t-shirts with some cool or funny bee-related word or phrase.
Have any ideas? What would you like to see on a bee tee?
I'll be making them and then they'll be available online.
Thanks,
Adam

I would like to see people buying their hats and T-shirts from Barry, and for those using the site to promote their products I'd like to see them buying an ad.


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[TripleH]

http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/...s/SBEEFIG3.jpg
with the words "The Pollinator"