• The Bee’s Omen

    Date posted: December 15, 2010 Author: jolanta
    When I saw that Einstein had said, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination … no more men,” I began researching Colony Collapse Disorder, a recent worldwide phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or honey bee colony abruptly disappear, leading to the death of the hive. Soon after I was building beehives in my studio, one cell at a time, just as the honeybee does.

    Judi Harvest

    Monumental Bee Hive, 2008-09. Porcelain, beeswax, gold leaf, resin, wire, collage materials, light, and sound, 80 x 50 x 32 inches. Photo credit: James Dee. Courtesy of the artist.

    When I saw that Einstein had said, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination … no more men,” I began researching Colony Collapse Disorder, a recent worldwide phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or honey bee colony abruptly disappear, leading to the death of the hive. Soon after I was building beehives in my studio, one cell at a time, just as the honeybee does.

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