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berticus

/r/beekeeping t-shirt brainswarming?

Hey bee friends. I thought some folks here might be interested in an r/beekeeping t-shirt. Maybe wear it to your favorite club meeting to recruit more subscribers! I really enjoy the discussion here and it's really helpful as a new beekeeper (even though I've mostly lurked, and haven't asked any of my newb questions yet).

I've made up some artwork based on our header snoo bee. You can see some drafts, in full color or 1 color here:

https://imgur.com/oQ8HT4c

I'd love input about other things you'd like to see on the shirt. Do we want something on the back? Do we prefer the full color version? Does it enrage you that our mascot is not anatomically correct?

Keep in mind different options will incur different costs. I thought about producing them at teespring. It's probably not the cheapest option, but it saves me from dealing with ordering and shipping logistics. A 1 color print is cheaper than multiple colors, of course. And printing on only one side is cheaper, obviously.

Teespring lets you set your prices. I plan to set the price as low as possible, but my goal is to include a ladies cut version, and have the unisex vs. ladies option be the same price. That means I may receive some minimal profit from the cheaper unisex tees. I'll let you know what I get, and if it's enough to buy a bee gadget of some sort, I'll do some sort of contest for it here in the subreddit.

Ok, pardon the wall of text. Give me feedback and your ideas, or just let me know if you'd be interested in a purchase. Depending on the options we can probably produce them for somewhere between $12 and $18 per.

Posted Apr 19, 2015, 4:05 PM UTC

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amethystrockstarsecond year, 18 hives•

I'd probably buy one. I'm seeing a plain yellow or white shirt with just that reddit bee logo on it. Simple.

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over_analystNortheast, 100+•

First of all, I love what you did with the logo. (: We should update the sub's logo to yours. It's very, very clean.

Secondly, I'd buy the shit out of that shirt. Absolutely. I agree that it would look good on a yellow-ish background. But I'd much rather it be more gold-ish than yellow. (I hate having to explain to people that bees aren't actually yellow...)

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antonytrupe(2 hives, 1 year)•

I second considering updating the sub's logo to one of these. What's the process for that?

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berticusOP1st Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

Cool. Thanks for the feedback. Shirt color selection is somewhat limited, but both Hanes and American Apparel have a nice gold/yellow for their unisex lines. Alas, there's only a pastel "lemon yellow" for the women's cut, so I'd probably revert to gray for those.

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over_analystNortheast, 100+•

Oh, yeah, I forgot about limitations on the provider's end. (As a woman, I'm okay with grey!)

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resplendent11•

Those pastel yellow AA shirts are completely see-through. Heck, you could probably read through them. Grey would definitely be better. Too bad, the simple gold and black is gorgeous.

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CieneMod in training•

Pass, if you could r/beekeeping on a

work shirt that would be cool branding, but explaining reddit to people is weird.

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beckeeperCommercial Beek•

explaining reddit to people is weird

Yep. This statement made me laugh hard enough to make the dog come check on me. Although, thinking about it, if there were an embroidered patch with just the logo I'd totally add that to the patches on my inspection jacket.

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laharre2 hives (urban)•

I was thinking the same thing

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bombalicious•

I'm game, yellow with colored logo!

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joeltb•

Neat idea! I'd pick one up for $12! I like the grey one. EDIT: Spelling error.

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Texas_Beekeeper🐝 9th year - 72 hives•

I wear just about anything white. :) Especially some brush poppers or some long sleeve work shirts. Khaki or tan would be ok, but I don't have any white work shirts. At a low price, I'd buy 10 or 20.

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