Let's Get Started:

• Use the yellow sugar paste to cover both polystyrene balls
• Insert pop stick into larger ball
• Place smaller ball on top
• Using ball tool make impressions for the eyes

• Fill the eye sockets with white
• Add brown next
• Add the black for the pupils
• Roll small pieces of black for the eyelashes
• Add two small dots of white to the eyes as shown above.
• Use a dresden tool or wooden clay knife - make an impression for the mouth

• Cut out four stripes of black to attach with edible glue for the bees stripes

The hands, feet, arms & legs:

• Roll two small balls of yellow
• Cut a 'v' shape to make thumbs and toes
• Roll four sausages of black for the arm and legs and attach with edible glue
• Attach to the arms and legs

• Roll a ball of pink and flatten into a disc
• Roll out 5 teardrops of pink and glue to the disc with edible glue. Insert cocktail stick.
• Roll out a ball of yellow and press into the center of the flower - texture with a cocktail stick
• Glue to bees hands using edible glue

• Roll 2 rectangular pieces of pink out for the bow
• Fold the larger pieces as shown
• Pinch bow in the middle and cover with smaller rectangle of sugar paste
• Wrap around the center 

 

• Add the bow to the bee's head using edible glue
• Roll two tiny pieces of black and attach to the ends of the wire with edible glue

• Use edible black petal dust mixed with a drop of vodka to pain the white florist air.
• Use green petal dust with vodka to paint the cocktail stick coming out of the flower and added a little color to the bees cheeks with dry pink petal dust.
• Use wafer paper for the wings - fold in half and cut out the shape shown.
• When you open the paper you will have 2 symmetrical wings - attach to back of bee with royal icing of a tiny bit of edible glue.