A Zine About Bees from Hollie McManus

I love bees. I really do. Although I love bees in general, my favourite are the big, fat, fuzzy ones that seem almost too big and awkward to fly and collect pollen. Lovelies like this one make me tempted to pat them when I spot them on my flowers. Doesn't he look all fuzzy and cuddly?

I was the very fortunate recipient of the cutest mini-bee-zine EVER from Hollie McManus. Hollie is yet another hookup from my mail art godmother, Jessica Gowling.

 

The mini-zine, measuring in at only 2.5" x 3.75", is a combination of hand-drawn and digital illustration with information about bees (and how very important they are to us) along with activities like a wordsearch and a colouring page. According to Hollie's note, this zine is only a snippet of a larger book she created while in university.

Two perfect details to top this all off are the bee sticker sealing the envelope:

and the flower stamp:

... J