Objective
As a worker bee your objective is to collect as much pollen as you can for the queen bee to then turn into honey for your hive. Make the most honey as a bee, and you win the game!
Set Up
Place the board within easy reach of all players. Then keep each color of pollen balls in separate piles. Place the objective cards in a pile next to the board.
Each player gets all of their honeycomb tiles according to the color of their bee, and keeps them next to the board. They won’t be used until you make honey.
Each player is then dealt 3 Objective cards, but keeps 2. Those will dictate which flowers you visit as a bee.
Place all worker bees on the START circle right outside the hive.
To Begin
The player who is most allergic to bees goes first. Play then continues clockwise around the board.
On your turn you may do one of the following:
Begin Flying to a Flower: If a player decides to head for a flower they must first roll the weather dice. The weather affects your flight as a bee. Then roll the d10 to determine how many spaces you can move. *See weather effects*
Collect Pollen: If your bee is on a flower you may roll to collect pollen from the flower. The number on the dice determines how much pollen you gather from the flower.
Make Honey: Once your bee has collected enough pollen to fulfill your Objective card you must travel back to the hive (START) to convert your pollen to honey. Once on the START a player may show their objective card fulfilled to the other players, and place their honeycomb in the hive.
Draw New Objective Cards: On your turn you may also draw 3 more objective cards, but you may only keep 2. The others should be put in the discard pile. A player may only hold 3 objective cards at a time.
Each action is a turn. FOR EXAMPLE if you land on a flower when your bee moves, you must wait till your next turn to then collect pollen.
Bee Bumping
If another bee lands on the same flower as you, and you have collected pollen you must split the pollen equally between you. Bees are good neighbors, and often bump into each other to help share resources.
Pollen Max Out
A single bee can only carry 35% of its body weight in pollen. Therefore, a player can only carry 2 objective cards worth of pollen.
Weather Effects
- 1 – Sunny Day: Perfect flying weather, move your normal dice roll
- 2 – Windy Day: Flying is a little rough, move your normal dice roll and then backward one space
- 3 – Rainy Day: Flying is making your wings damp and slow, move half your dice roll
- 4 – Sunny Day: Perfect flying weather, move your normal dice roll
Ending the Game
The game ends when the hive is completely filled with honey! The player with the most honey made wins the game.