How many bees are flying around the hive?

Three, each with its own small dashed flight-path line, and each one its own separately colorable shape.

Is the bear trying to eat the honey?

The scene just shows the bear noticing the hive nearby — there's no honey-eating action drawn, so it reads as a calm forest moment rather than a chase.

What's the tree stump for?

It's part of the forest clearing setting, giving the bear something to stand near besides the pine trees — also a nice large, simple shape to color.

Bear Near a Beehive

A bear stands in a forest clearing beside a tree stump, looking up at a round beehive hanging from a branch above, with three bees flying nearby and a couple of pine trees in the background.

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A Bear and Its Beehive

The bear stands on all fours with a round, friendly face, looking up toward a beehive hanging from a tree branch above. Three small bees, each with its own dashed flight-path line, buzz around the hive. A tree stump, a couple of pine trees, and some scattered rocks and grass tufts fill out the forest clearing around it.

A Medium-Tier Forest Scene

Between the hanging beehive, the three individually-drawn bees, and the pine trees and stump in the background, this page has more separate elements than a single-subject page — real detail for an older colorer, while the bear itself stays one large, simple shape.

Best Color Ideas

A warm brown or tan for the bear is the classic choice, with the beehive in a golden tan to look genuinely honeycomb-like. The three bees look best with the traditional yellow-and-black stripes, though each could be colored slightly differently too. The pine trees in a deep green and the tree stump in brown round out a real forest palette.

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How to Color This Page Online

The bear, the beehive, each of the three bees, the stump, and the pine trees are all separately enclosed regions, so the bees can each get their own color pattern without any of it spreading into the bear or the hive nearby.

Printing and Downloading

Print gives a full-page portrait sheet, a good fit for a forest-animals or seasons classroom unit. Download PNG saves the finished online coloring at full resolution, no watermark.