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Contrary to what one might assume, there are no actual living bees inside The Hive; a unique world-class installation and experience on view at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London. Created by artist Wolfgang Buttress, The Hive uses sound to provide nature enthusiasts with a way to consider the life and work of bees from a new and profound angle. Let’s take a look inside this mammoth structure.
Continue reading Eye On Design: The Hive at Kew Gardens
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Did you know that September is National Honey Month? This is a fact, and it’s also almost October (I know, right?) which means that Pumpkin Spice Season is nearly upon us. What a perfect time then to tell you about my latest outrageous discovery: Whipped Honey with Pumpkin Spice from Savannah Bee Company. I am not exaggerating when I tell you that this stuff is mind blowing. Continue reading Product Review: Pumpkin Spice Whipped Honey from Savannah Bee Company
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If there’s any doubt about how hot this Hot Pink Nymphaea tropical day-blooming water lily really is, check out the impossibly horny Bee doing its thing right there in the center of the flower. So hot.
Photographed at the Enid A Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden.
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Artist Mary Sweeney’s Honeybees reflect her fascination with insects. These two meticulously rendered Mandalas produce a complex aura that alludes to the mystery surrounding the disappearance of beehives, and how their disease imperils all life on Earth. The lacelike rendering of the stilled bodies rekindles their steady droning, if only in the memory of the viewer.
Photographed at A.I.R Gallery Located at 111 Front Street in DUMBO.
