Flora Bee

Free crochet tutorial for Flora Bee by Valeriya @vivi_toys.
With this pattern, you can crochet Flora bee with a flower crown. Any cotton blend yarn works for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, and others.
Materials and tools
- YarnArt Jeans yarn: yellow (88), brown (70), white (62), lilac (19), pink (18), light blue (75), peach (73), beige (03), green (69)
- 2.25-2.0 mm crochet hook
- 10 mm safety eyes
- Fiberfill
- Beads (for flowers)
- Dry pastel or blush
- Needle
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring
- ch - chain stitch
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc - single crochet
- dc - double crochet
- hdc - half double crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Flora bee amigurumi crochet pattern
Legs and arms (make 4)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3-14. 12 sc (12 rounds)
Stuff.
15. 6 dec
Hide yarn tail inside the piece.
Antennae (make 2)
1. 5 sc in MR
2. 5 inc (10)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 5 (15)
4-5. 15 sc (2 rounds)
6. (1 sc, dec) x 5 (10)
7. (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
8-15. 8 sc (8 rounds)
Stuff as you crochet. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Stinger
1. 5 sc in MR
2. 5 sc
3. 5 inc (10)
4-6. 10 sc (3 rounds)
Stuff. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Wings (make 2)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-9. 30 sc (4 rounds)
10. (4 sc, dec) x 5 (25)
11-13. 25 sc (3 rounds)
14. (3 sc, dec) x 5 (20)
15-16. 20 sc (2 rounds)
17. (2 sc, dec) x 5 (15)
18. (1 sc, dec) x 5 (10)
19. 5 dec (5)
Pull the opening closed. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Head-body
With brown yarn:
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11. 60 sc
With yellow yarn:
12-16. 60 sc (5 rounds)
With brown yarn:
17-21. 60 sc (5 rounds)
With yellow yarn:
22-26. 60 sc (5 rounds)
With brown yarn:
27. 60 sc
28. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
29. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
30. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
31. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
32. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Stuff.
33. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Do not cut yarn. Continue with the head.
34. 24 inc (48)
35. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
36. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
37. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
38. (10 sc, inc) x 6 (72)
39-50. 72 sc (12 rounds)
51. (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)
52. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
53. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
54. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
55. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Insert eyes between rounds 46 and 47, 8 sc apart.
56. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
57. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
58. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
59. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
60. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
61. 6 dec (6)
Stuff firmly. Pull closed the opening and hide the yarn.
Headband
1. 60 ch
Join into a ring.
2. 60 sc
Flowers
1. 20 ch + 3 turning ch (23)
2. (into first stitch: 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, into second stitch: 1 sl st) x 10
Sew together and leave a long tail.

Leaves
1. 7 ch
2. on first side: 1 sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 hdc, 3 sc in one stitch; on second side: 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 sl st, 1 ch
3. sl st line through the center
Toy assembly

- Embroider the mouth, eyebrows, and eye whites.
- Sculpt the eyes.
- Sew all parts to the body.
- Attach legs with thread-jointing or just sew them on.
- Add blush if desired. You can tint with blush or dry pastel.