Put a little nature on your nails and celebrate one of our planet’s heroes. Bee nail designs can be charming or sophisticated, but they aren’t all yellow and black. Some are bold and others sweet as honey, with tiny flowers, intricate honeycomb patterns, and golden drops of honey. Just like there are thousands of bee species, there’s bee nail art for every style. Let’s see what all the buzz is about!
Beautiful Bee Nail Designs to Make Your Look as Sweet as Honey
Buzz-worthy Ballerina Nails
Here’s a bold beginning: ballerina nails covered in a simple palette of pale yellow, crisp black, and pure white. The key subject hovers on the ring finger with a smile on its face.
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Poly Gel
Garden Nails with Bees
These cute garden nails have busy pollinators buzzing between the blooms. If your schedule’s too full for hand-painting bee nail art, we bet you could find nail stickers that only take a few minutes to apply. Adapt the stickers by trimming them for an original look, then seal them in place with a top coat.
Bee Nails with Sweet Messages
Stamp your nails with encouraging notes and helpful insects. Layer decals or stickers over soft gel tips for custom press-on nails.
Queen Bee Manicure
Here’s a bee manicure worthy of a queen. This regal bee-inspired nail art is elegant, intricate, and bold. Snow white almond nails are the ideal canvas for a modern, luxurious feel. It lets the shimmering golden accents focus on the stunning 3D bee centerpiece.
Emboss Gel Polish Nail Art - 0.5oz Gold
Bee Facts
Bees are essential for our well-being. Many species are in danger because of the climate crisis and destruction of their habitats. Do you know that phrase “the squeaky wheel gets oiled”? Well, your nail art can raise awareness and spread the word that humans need to protect bees. Since your bee nail design is likely to attract attention, here are facts to start a conversation.
- Cherries, blueberries, apples, and broccoli are just four of the many food crops that rely on bees for pollination. Seventy-five percent of our food needs bees to grow.
- Bees actually have four wings. The side wings join together to make one large wing on each side for flying.
- Only female bees have stingers because they are modified egg-laying organs. And not every bee that stings dies. Although bees would rather take care of their own business, they will attack if they or their homes are threatened.
- If a queen bee dies, worker bees will choose a larva and feed it royal jelly to turn it into a queen.
- Bumblebees smell with their feet and can tell if a flower’s previous visitor was a relative or stranger.
- Honeybees dance to show hive members the path to food.
- Bees will work ten hours a day and then sleep. There’s also a night shift at the hive where house bees clean up while the foragers rest.
- Honeybees hibernate without food or water in the winter. They huddle together for warmth.
- Nectar and pollen are bees’ carbs and protein.
- Unlike humans, bees have five eyes and an extra wide field of view. The three small eyes in the center are navigation sensors that can see ultraviolet light.
Capricorn Born in the Sign of the Bee
These look like birthday nails featuring the Zodiac Capricorn symbol and a honeybee. Why the combination? The artist didn’t explain but we can make some guesses. In astrology, bees stand for teamwork, dedication, and community. If a bee is your spirit animal, you might be diligent and hard-working. If it’s your power animal, the bee can help you find abundance and harmony.
Golden Bees on Black Honeycombs
When these nails move, the cat eye polish really shines. So do the chromed black drops and honeycombs. It’s an elegant backdrop for busy bees.
Short Bee Nails
Here come two curious bees to inspect the honeycomb nail art. A structured manicure with hard gel or poly gel would be ideal for keeping this natural look flawless on hardworking hands.
Bees and Butter Yellow Nails
This feels like it was a good year for creamy colors. We’ve had pistachio butter nails, butter yellow nails…and now these adorable bee nails. When winter feels like it has dragged on too long, remember this design and summer spring with it.
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LDS Gel Polish Nail Art Liner - 25
LDS Gel Polish Nail Art Liner - Black 01 (ver 2)
Busy Bee Nails
Here’s a similar look but with bees on every nail plus another beautiful natural base color. Lavis just released a popular shade collection of six nude colors for every skin tone. Every pro needs nude shades as their go-to for negative space nail art.
Lavis PS Collection
Pooh Nails
Pair your bee nails with Pooh! It’s double the fun! This adorable bear loves bees because they make his favorite treat.
Conclusion
We hope your mind is abuzz with inspiration after seeing these bee nail designs. Now you’re better acquainted with how sweet and sophisticated insect nail art can be. You can adapt it for virtually any occasion, style, mood, or season. What’s more, bee nail art can raise awareness about saving these little champions.
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Sources:
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/bees
https://learnbees.com/facts-about-bees/