Beautiful Crochet Bee Patterns | 12 Amigurumi Patterns
Generally, bees are helpful, hardworking creatures that make up an important part of our ecosystem. Seeing them gently buzzing around your garden is a sign of life and prosperity. But if you’re afraid of stings—or especially if you have an allergy—perhaps you’d rather enjoy bees at a distance. Or you can always work up one of these crochet bee patterns, which have all the fuzzy cuteness of the real thing with none of the risk.
You’ll find a lot of cute crochet bee patterns that use a simple capsule shape, perhaps with wings attached. Sometimes, if you want to make something quick and easy, that’s exactly the kind of pattern you need.
But for this collection, we’re looking beyond the capsule. Some of these bees have more defined heads and bodies but still use easy, beginner-friendly shapes. Others involve intricate details, embroidery, or surface crochet techniques. To help you find a project that suits your needs, we’ve listed the larger and more detailed patterns first, then the smaller, simpler ones.
I’ve collected these crochet bee patterns with the permission of the designers and by using images they have authorized me to use. These patterns are all designed by REAL PEOPLE, no artificial intelligence involved, and will help you create the art that inspires you.
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Tips for Working Skinny Crochet Bee Parts
Many of these crochet bee patterns feature skinny parts, like legs and antennae. With small round pieces like these, it can be challenging to keep track of your stitches and hold onto your project. So before you dive into one of these patterns, check out these tips for how to crochet skinny amigurumi parts. You will learn how to create skinny parts without cramping up your fingers.
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Crochet Bumblebee with Crewel Embroidery
Beatrice the Amigurumi Bumblebee
Chubby Bumble Bee
by Stringy Ding Ding
This adorable chubby bumble bee has lots of cute details, including a fuzzy thorax that uses the loop stitch. This is a great way to add texture to amigurumi and a valuable technique to have in your amigurumi skill set. The free pattern includes plenty of detailed photos to help you through every step.
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Crochet Bumblebee with Crewel Embroidery
by Complicated Knots
If you like dabbling in crafts other than crochet, you can try out another one with this intricately embroidered bumble bee amigurumi! The free video tutorial includes instructions for the bee’s body, legs, and wings, as well as five different embroidery stitches. Don’t feel like doing embroidery? You can skip that part! You’ll still end up with a nicely-shaped bee with lacy, wired wings.
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Honey Bee
by Tumannart
These realistic honey bees have just about every detail of the real insect, from their fuzzy bodies, right down to their segmented legs. This paid pattern is full of interesting textures and shapes that will be a fun challenge to crochet.
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Betty the Bee
by Octopus Crochet
Another detailed crochet bee pattern, Betty the Bee takes a more whimsical approach. The free pattern includes not just the bee, but also her flowers and everything she needs to tend to them—her straw hat and apron, and watering can.
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Bee with Honey
by Mufficorn
These little crochet bees have a pleasantly pointed shape and come with their very own pot of delicious honey, complete with a dripping honey dipper. This set would make a fun decor accent or toy. The paid pattern includes 9 pages with written instructions, detailed images, and useful tips to create each element.
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Blue Banded Bee
by Complicated Knots
Inspired by the Australian Blue Banded Bee, this tiny no-sew amigurumi is packed with details for its size. It has a cute little tilt to its head that gives it a ton of personality! The video crochet tutorial is available for free, or you can find the written pattern as part of a set on Etsy.
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Bumblebee Gnome
by Winding Road Crochet
She’s not technically a bee, but her costume is so convincing, I just had to give her a shout-out. The free pattern includes options for braids, as pictured here, or a beard. If you think your gnome needs a friend, you can also make her a bee hive gnome companion.
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Bee with Furry Neck
by Cuddly Stitches Craft
This friendly bee has a nice tapered shape without too many complicated pieces. The free pattern includes photos to help with placement and assembly of the parts. You’ll also learn an easy way to add eyelash yarn to the surface of your amigurumi, which gives the bee its furry neck.
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Beatrice the Amigurumi Bumblebee
by Grace and Yarn
With simple yet defined shapes, this free bee pattern would be an ideal first amigurumi project to practice color changes, increases and decreases. You can style the bow as girly accessory on the antenna, or sew it onto the neck as a bow tie. Either way, the results are darling.
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Buzzy the Bee
by DIY Fluffies
This free beginner-friendly bee pattern comes with a full video tutorial. You can easily change the size of the finished stuffie by using a different weight of yarn. Bulky weight chenille makes a cuddly 8-inch plush, while sport weight yarn yields a 4-inch mini bee, perfect for a key chain. (By the way, using a thicker yarn is just one way to scale up the size of your amigurumi. Learn more ways to make your crochet stuffed animal pattern bigger without rewriting the design here).
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Benevolent Bumble Bee
by Moogly
Using two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, this super-sized bumble bee comes out to 12 inches tall. The simple shape starts out like a sphere, but gently tapers at one end to create a slightly pointy bum. This would be another fun option for beginners.
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Little Bumble Bee
by Crochet for You
This sweet and simple little bee is the perfect size for kids to carry around in a pocket. It would also work as well as nursery decor or part of a mobile. The free pattern works up in just three pieces, with no skinny parts to fiddle with.
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