Beezi The Spelling Bee Game

by Discovery Bay Games

Product Features

• Learning made fun while teaching spelling skills
• Beezi also teaches concentration skills
• Beezi makes a great study tool
• Beezi is a great home school tool

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 3 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: 0981833845
• Item model number: 1059
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,018 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

It is good to be the Queen. Especially in Beezi, the fun, new spelling game that has everyone buzzing about. In Beezi players try to spell correctly as many words as possible. For each correct word, players receive Beez tokens to build their honeycomb. The player that completes their honeycomb the fastest wins the game. Four levels of difficulty make Beezi both fun and challenging. Find out how well do you spell. Surprise yourself and challenge your friends with Beezi.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Instrument of Torture, September 15, 2010

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Stag of Amber (TX, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Beezi The Spelling Bee Game (Toy)

I rarely bother writing bad reviews, but the whole world must be warned of the great evil contained in this colorful and eye-appealing box. As soon as I opened the box, I knew my money had been flushed down the toilet. I played this game with another person ONE time for an agonizing 10 or 15 minutes before chucking it back in its box and then into the garbage.

First of all, the game rules are so simple a chimp could have devised them. Each player begins his/her turn by rolling a die which will determine the level of difficulty the next spelling word will be. The other player draws an index card and reads the word: "Spell _____ ." The player tries to spell the word. If successful, the player is rewarded by filling the places in his/her honeycomb with the appropriate number of pieces. After this is done, or if the player spells the word incorrectly, it is the next player's turn.

I thought this game might be good for helping my students learn how to spell. However, the levels of difficulty in this game are very skewed. You are either going to get a simple word in very common usage or a vague, highly-specialized word of foreign origins (including French and Japanese!) Also, the game pieces are very low-quality. The game board is cut so that it can fold four ways, simultaneously saving space and making it ugly to look at. Even worse, the honeycomb pieces used to keep score are tiny hexagonal cardboard pieces that are hard to distinguish from the game board. Two of the colors in the honeycomb are so close that they cannot be readily distinguished from each other.

The effect of all these poorly conceived elements is a rapid buildup of boredom and agony. I can't imagine anyone ever having fun playing this. I can only think of two uses for it: burn it when you run out of firewood, or use it to punish children who have misbehaved by making them play it. I guarantee kids will learn to fear and loathe this game!