HoneyBeeDance1
This is a linocut showing one of the ways the honeybee communicates through dance. A worker bee can return to the hive and through the way it aligns itself with respect to the sun and the honeycomb, the waggles and loops of its movement convey information on the location in terms of distance and direction of tasty flower pollen sources to its fellow bees. This print of the honey-coloured hexagonal honeycomb, bee in black and motions in red, is hand-printed on Japanese kozo (or mulberry), 11" by 14" or 27.9 cm by 35.6 cm.
The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is one of the most widely recognized bees. It's the bee we think about when we say bee; we are all familiar with its pollen spreading and nectar-gathering, hive-building and honey-making habits. In fact, the honey bees in North America are not native and were introduced from Europe, in the early 1600s. They may be one of the most popular introduced insect species ever. Today they are responsible for the pollination of much of the foods we grow to eat, so their future is tied to ours. The abrupt disappearance of worker bees and loss of many colonies, known as Colony Collapse Disorder has been a real cause for concern. I hope there is a long future for the honey bee.
HoneyBeeDance1
This is a linocut showing one of the ways the honeybee communicates through dance. A worker bee can return to the hive and through the way it aligns itself with respect to the sun and the honeycomb, the waggles and loops of its movement convey information on the location in terms of distance and direction of tasty flower pollen sources to its fellow bees. This print of the honey-coloured hexagonal honeycomb, bee in black and motions in red, is hand-printed on Japanese kozo (or mulberry), 11" by 14" or 27.9 cm by 35.6 cm.
The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is one of the most widely recognized bees. It's the bee we think about when we say bee; we are all familiar with its pollen spreading and nectar-gathering, hive-building and honey-making habits. In fact, the honey bees in North America are not native and were introduced from Europe, in the early 1600s. They may be one of the most popular introduced insect species ever. Today they are responsible for the pollination of much of the foods we grow to eat, so their future is tied to ours. The abrupt disappearance of worker bees and loss of many colonies, known as Colony Collapse Disorder has been a real cause for concern. I hope there is a long future for the honey bee.