Bee tattoo ideas

168 photos and flash · 31% Botanical, 24% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black line drawing of a stylised bee with ornate filigree wings, a striped abdomen and antennae, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Bee design with ornate wings
Pencil sketch of a bee in flight above a faint geometric pattern of overlapping circles and hexagons, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Bee sketch over geometric circles
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose branch and a bee within thin circle outlines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Rose branch and bee on ribs
Small cartoon bee tattoo in yellow and black with a dotted trail, placed on the top of a bare foot resting on a cream towel.
Cartoon bee tattoo on a foot
Traditional colour tattoo of a blossom patterned vase with a red rose, blue daisy and orange flowers on a forearm, with a small bee near the top edge.
Flower vase with rose on a forearm
Coloured drawing of a raven perched on a skull among red roses, with a bee and a blue butterfly, in a detailed botanical realism style.
Raven, skull and roses design
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a red rose, a spool of red thread and a bee, with the hand holding a white pot with a succulent against a plain white background.
Traditional rose and thread tattoos on a forearm
Fine line dotted trail with small stars and script lettering across the back of a hand, with a cartoon bee sitting on one finger.
Dotted trail and script on the hand
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoos on a forearm and hand, including a large bee, planets, a dotted constellation and crystals.
Bee, planets and crystals on forearm and hand
Colour botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing peonies, lavender sprigs, leaves and a small brown songbird.
Peony and songbird sleeve on an arm
Small black and grey fine line bee tattoo with shaded body and translucent wings, placed on the upper back of a woman with short brown hair wearing a white vest top.
Bee tattoo on upper back
Traditional-style flash design on paper showing two oval portraits with honeycomb, bees, a flying saucer and an atom, above two scrolled banners in colour.
Two illustrated portraits with banners and bees
Black and grey bee tattoo on the inner wrist, with a silver chain bracelet and two hands held together.
Bee tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull inside overlapping geometric circles and fine lines, with a small bee below, on a forearm.
Skull with geometric circles and a bee on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of a honeybee with stippled shading, set on a hexagonal honeycomb grid, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Honeybee over a honeycomb grid
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with an open pocket watch, a lily, a beaded chain, bee and scrollwork, with script lettering on the watch lid.
Pocket watch, lily and beaded chain design
Small realistic bee tattoo in yellow, black and grey shading on a forearm, against a black and white patterned background.
Bee tattoo on a forearm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a bee with detailed wings, on the inner upper arm.
Small bee tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo with red watercolour splashes showing a twin-engined bomber and several bees inside a circle, on the thigh.
Bomber plane and bees in a target circle
Gold and black line drawing of a bee with honeycomb and floral patterns across its wings, head and abdomen, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Honeycomb and floral bee design
Fine line gold outline bee tattoo on a wrist beside a matching bee on a second wrist, both wearing bracelets.
Gold bee tattoos on two wrists
Flash design of a woman with flowing hair framed by peonies, a bee and butterflies, with a Virgo symbol and a banner reading Virgo.
Virgo zodiac portrait flash
Colourful tree of life tattoo across a person's lower and upper back, with a striped orange trunk, leaves, fruit, birds and blue flowers in a botanical style.
Tree of life with birds and flowers across the back
Colour tattoo of a honeycomb mandala with purple petals and two bees, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Honeycomb mandala with bees on a shoulder
Close view of a small grey fine-line butterfly tattoo on skin, with a pale, raised bee-like outline beside it on the torso.
Butterfly and pale bee outline on skin
Realistic colour tattoo of two bumblebees with shaded wings on the upper chest, near the collarbone.
Two bumblebees on a chest
Realistic colour tattoo of pink hibiscus flowers, green leaves and two bees across a person's upper back.
Hibiscus flowers and bees across the back
Black ink line drawing of a skull with botanical foliage, a bee in an oval frame and the words Taurus and let none be the noose, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Skull, foliage and bee Taurus flash design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate lantern with a rose, leaves, bees and radiating rays, drawn as a tattoo design.
Lantern and rose design with bees
Black and grey dotwork bee tattoo on one wrist beside the words just be in a simple serif font on the other wrist.
Matching bee and just be wrist tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two honey bees with detailed wings on a shoulder and upper back.
Two bees on a shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark curled hair and a jewelled headpiece, with a cat below her, on the outer thigh, next to a fox and a squirrel on the other leg.
Neo-trad woman and cat portrait on thigh
Flash sheet of gold and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including a feather, crescent moons, arrows, a yin yang, chevrons and the words Love and Believe.
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Colour sunflower tattoo with two bees on the ribs and upper abdomen, shown with a lifted blue shirt.
Sunflower with bees on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bee with spread wings over a honeycomb pattern on the inner upper arm.
Bee over honeycomb dotwork on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a bumblebee inside a wreath of purple flowers and green leaves on the outer thigh.
Bumblebee in a floral wreath on a thigh
Model with a gold metallic lace-patterned gun temporary tattoo on her hip and a geometric hexagon design on her forearm, beside a sheet of matching designs.
Gold lace gun temporary tattoo on hip
A small, realistic-style tattoo of a bee in orange, yellow and black with translucent wings, placed on the upper back.
Small realistic bee on the upper back
Small cartoon bee tattoo in orange and black with outlined wings, placed behind a person's ear beside gold hoop earrings.
Small cartoon bee behind the ear
Colourful tattoo of a bumblebee with pink, blue and yellow watercolour splashes on the side of an ankle.
Bumblebee with watercolour splashes on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a bee with outspread wings and honeycomb patterns across its head, thorax and abdomen, shown on a white background.
Dotwork bee with honeycomb details
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two peony flowers with leaves and a small bee, on the upper arm.
Black and grey peonies with a bee on upper arm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a honeybee with detailed shaded wings on the upper arm.
Small bee tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo sleeve on a upper arm and forearm, showing a rosemary sprig, a bee, a moth, a leaf and a pair of shears.
Rosemary, moth, leaf and shears on an arm
Colour tattoo of two outlined rabbits, flowers, leaves and red berries arranged in a heart shape on the inner forearm, in a folk-inspired style with bold black linework.
Rabbits and flowers in a heart on an inner arm
Gold line drawing of a bee in flight on a white background, with loose outlined wings and a simple striped body.
Single-line bee design in gold
Colour fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a dragonfly, a bee, a dark bird and grass stems with red flowers, beside a framed print of the same design.
Insects, bird and grasses on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a detailed bee inside a dotted diamond outline with a small triangle above, on a shoulder.
Bee within a dotted diamond on a shoulder