Craft Folk Arvostelua 83

I placed an order 4/25/26 thinking it was a NC artist. USPS tracking says a label was created in Franklin Park, IL at 5:12 a.m., 4/30 As of 1:15 pm CDT 5/5/26, USPS has not recd the pkg but multiple emails to Craftfolk assure me it has been shipped--"30/04/26"--that date format is not typical of US shippers. Im reporting and disputing. Update--i threatened to report/dispute; pkg appeared at UDPS, then arrived, not same product, only 1.5" dia. Same ceramic bee blossoms are now being advertised by Clarendalr. Dont buy!

I ordered a bee house supposedly hand made by a lady they call Dot in North Carolina and she is retiring as her hands couldn't do the work anymore. There are 10 houses left. I was also to get hanging instructions. The bee house would be teardrop shaped and wrapped in rattan. I got an octagon piece of junk and no hanging instructions. Returns? They go to CHINA. Beware, don't buy from them. Big SCAM.

I was scammed like everyone else. Dot's bee blossoms are cheap Asian factory junk not hand crafted in NC. You should sue them for claiming Trust Pilot rating of 4.7 on their site.

Product not handmade or from the US. I thought I was ordering from a small business/artisan, so I didn't mind paying a little more. If I want a refund, I have to pay for the return shipment to Hong Kong and they have to receive it within 14 days, not the 90 days stated on the website. These bee blossoms are mass produced. The photos of the product on the website are not what they are selling. Very disappointed.

Not an Artisan Company!

I bought two bee hotels--one for my mom and one for me--after reading the story of Dot Callaway's lengthy research process to make the perfect, handwoven bee hotel. I don't know what AI program wrote that, but they did an excellent job.

There is no Dot Callaway. When I did a Google image search with her AI-generated headshot, I found a German and Dutch version of the CraftFolk website, where Dot is 64 (not 75) and named Margret Holzen. Well done, China. You got me good! At least now I can help my college students practice better research skills!

Did not get the product I ordered at all! Super cheap moldy cardboard product received, not woth a couple of dollars, let alone a 100. Do not buy anything from this site!

I ordered handmade ceramic bee flowers alledgly made by Dorothy, even showed her picture on the website. What I received was cheap ugly resin bee flowers that didn't come close to the images on the website. Seems it's all fake and the copy address is Hong Kong. Suggust anyone considering ordering from this site to just say no.

This company is fraudulent. Item looks nothing like it is portrayed. Looks like elementary school children made it NOT some artisans. I can send it (back to China!)but how much will that cost!?!
Do not fall for the sweet article about how the artist is closing out her shop and there are only a few 'BeeCups' left! DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY

I liked the bee hotel, the story behind it and the thought that went into it. I ordered the 2 for $80.00 deal and anxiously waited. The shipping was not trackable and took very long. Finally it arrived, from Hong Kong ! They look like something a 3rd grader might make for a Mothers day gift. The exterior is not woven its pine that is stapled together and the bamboo is splintery. I fell for the nice story and got burned. And burn is probably what I will do with this junk. Lesson leared !

I saw ads for bee flowers - ceramic, handcrafted in Shrewsbury England. Last chance to buy as Dot was moving! I suspected a scam and the reviews indicate I was correct so I did not buy. Keepaway.

I'd have to agree with all the others. The product doesn't look like what they advertised. Was supposed to be pretty glazed flowers on a metal stake for the garden. I received crappy ugly resin flower that read cups for bees with fat stumps as stems very strong paint smell when box was opened. Very disappointed!
Don't trust craft folk site not what they claim.

Like others here, I ordered Dot’s bee blossoms which were advertised as handmade, ceramic, etc. What I received were ugly resin flowers with little signs attached and no stakes. The cost for shipping this garbage back to Hong Kong was way more than my refund so I’m keeping them. Sent them a scathing email criticizing their product and business practices and they offered me a 30% refund without returning what they sent. I declined that too because I don’t want them dealing with my credit card again. It appears that they use their ill-gotten gains to build and maintain a good looking website. They probably write all their bogus reviews too.

I have to agree with other reviews of Dot's Bee Blossoms. Just received and they are not handmade, not pottery, do not look like what was displayed, didn't have stakes, and now I have to return to Hong Kong although supposedly made in North Carolina. Chalk this up to BUYER BEWARE. I'm going to return and hope I will be refunded and not just throwing more money away.

Just received my order for Dot's Handmade Bee Blossoms and should've looked it up beforehand, but the story was very compelling. I just got done emailing for a refund and included pics of what the website shows vs. what I received. Wish I could include them here. I got what look like resin, mass-produced stumpy, flowers with a sign on each saying "cups for bee". No stakes. Look like something a 1st grader would give to their mother for Mother's Day. I hope they don't say I can't return because they were on sale, and hope I don't have to pay for return shipping to Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Don't do it. They aren't who they say they are and the products don't match the image/ description. The email on their website doesn't work and they don't give you a return shipping label even though that's what the website says they'll do! I'm waiting on a PayPal claim.

I was also scammed. Received mass produced made in China junk, not hand crafted US made by an artisan. Wish I had Googled first. Disappointed

They stole the name, Dorothy Calloway, from someone who lived in Weaverville, NC but who died in 2008. (obituary is on the web) She is not 75 years old. She is not working on her last bee boxes, due to essential tremor. She does not have a daughter named Claire, who, after you have bought this thing, sends an email saying her mom lit up when she told her about your purchase, and then goes on to try to sell you ceramic flowers. And the sign note on the ordering page, saying there are only 10 left is also B.S.

And their BIG graphic showing a Trustpilot rating of 4.7 out of 5, with nice quotes from various "people" is also false.

I ordered Dot's Handmade Bee Blossoms. The product I received was not the product featured on the website plus the order was incomplete. I wrote to them to return the item. They will accept a return, but the return address is HONG KONG. I have lodged a complaint with my credit card company.

I, like several others here, had purchased Dot's Handmade Bee Blossoms (compelling story, attractive product). First sign something was amiss was when I received my package of 4 bee blossoms. The industrial paint smell out of the box was overwhelming. That and the fact the blossom look NOTHING like what's shown on the site. The blossoms received have stems, are very amateur for a hand-made item and they're painted instead of having a fired finish. Very disappointing that their refund policy has me shipping to Guangzhou, China, instead of somewhere domestically.

This is a scam company. They advertised handmade Bee flowers made in the USA. The items arrived and they are from China and they are not handmade they are junky plastic products. Nothing at all like the pictures they show online. Do not buy from them!