Plasticine "Bee": features and benefits

For many decades in our country it is impossible to find a person who, as a child, at least once did not hold clay in their hands. The benefits of modeling are generally recognized today and are not the subject of discussion.

On the shelves of specialized stores you can find hundreds of varieties of this material, but if the buyer is not engaged in modeling at a serious level, it can be difficult for him to choose the really suitable product. Today we consider the Bee plasticine, which is very popular in our country.

The release of the mass for modeling with the same name in Russia is engaged in a Moscow enterprise JSC "Gamma"which produces a huge range of products, one way or another connected with creativity. The company was founded in the late XIX century, and for more than a hundred years it has been producing mainly paints and other products for artists. However, there was a place for plasticine in its production workshops.

Today, the company is a huge industrial enterprise that leads the Russian plasticine market. The Moscow company produces 11 different series of masses for modeling, which can be found in any region of our huge country, and in some neighboring states too. The trademark gained enormous popularity due to not the worst quality of its products, combined with very low prices for it.

It would be logical to assume that each of the 11 series of clay of the Moscow "Gamma" has some of its own properties and is designed for a specific target audience. However, the “Bee” has received the greatest fame - why?

The fact is that for this series the following key advantages are characteristic:

• increased softness. Most types of domestic plasticine are criticized for being too hard, but the “Bee” is produced on the basis of wax, which makes it especially soft. The material does not require pre-kneading or heating. He is ready for modeling immediately, and even gives way to the weakest children's hands. In general, this series is recommended even for those children who have just turned one;
• stickiness. Pieces of such plasticine are very well molded to each other, which allows you to easily create from them composite crafts from several separate parts;

• brightness. "Bee" is not distinguished by the high acidity of flowers, but still it is bright enough and beautiful to attract children's attention and stimulate interest;
• environmentally friendly composition. It is not for nothing that plasticine of this series is recommended for the smallest children - those who so far do not understand at all that they shouldn’t pull everything in their mouths. The manufacturer carefully monitors the composition and insists that none of the components of the mass is harmful to the health of the child, even if he tries to eat it. However, the danger may still lie in the difficulty of swallowing the substance, therefore, when sculpting with small children, an adult must be present who would directly control the process;

• hypoallergenic. The recipe “Bees” is designed in such a way that none of its constituent components even theoretically could cause allergies in a child. The mixture is completely non-toxic, and even almost does not smell;
• affordable cost. Due to the low cost of "Bees", even those families who cannot boast of a privileged financial position can provide regular modeling for their children. The exact price of a set depends on its weight, the number of flowers, the region and the specific seller, but in general the purchase will cost only a few dozen rubles.

Plasticine "Bee" - one of the most controversial products, judging by the reviews on various thematic sites on the Internet. In many ways, he is greatly praised - in fact, not in vain, because he has become so popular. It is noted that his wax essence is really very noticeable - the material is radically softer than 90% of other domestic types of clay, which often literally frighten children from modeling.

It is sold in a variety of sets, and most importantly, available almost everywherethat allows you to purchase it for anyone. Buyers do not bypass, of course, the low cost, which allows literally to fill up the child with consumables, but sometimes they indicate that due to the relatively low weight of the sets, it sometimes makes sense to buy 2-3 boxes at once.

But there are those users who criticize the "Bee". They say, compared with the best foreign (albeit more expensive) samples, this clay looks mediocre - first of all, due to the increased softness, it badly keeps complex forms of heavy structures, and also gets very dirty. At the same time, even critics for the most part admit that among the domestic clay products, “Bee” looks almost an ingenious invention, since among competitors clay often is either “stone” or even sticks to hands.

In the next video you will find a review of wax clay "Bee" from the company "Gamma".