My 12-year-old daughter never cared a lot about Barbie dolls but if this had been around a few years ago, she probably would have liked it. Nice to see that Mattel, Inc. finally made a realistic role model! Here is a reblog from The Honey Bee Queen Blog:
She got her very first Barbie from her Great Aunt Jane. This Barbie is a super cool beekeeping babe with her own bee hive and honey stand complete with an honor system cash register.
I wasn’t sure if we were going to introduce Barbie dolls to our kiddos, but this the coolest one I’ve ever seen.
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Hi Ron,
I gave one of these to the Maine State Beekeepers for inclusion in the silent auction/raffle at their annual meeting, and the club mounting the event asked if they could please have it.
I think these are great as a conversation starter about beekeeping.
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Barbie dolls were the status symbol of my ’60s childhood and I never had one! This particular rendition is making the rounds of the beekeeping blogs and sites—we laugh a little at the hair flowing out from under the veil!!
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We were too poor to have them in our house. My four sisters could only envy the cousins who played ‘romp at the beach with Barbie.’
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Yep—that was my situation, too! Oh, well—my dad brought home some ponies from the auction when I was 6 and that was it for my “indoor life” anyway. Completely horse crazy for the next 15 years. Still don’t have TV either.
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We got a pony on our farm when the twins turned 12. I suppose that they enjoyed it more than a Barbie.
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