Beehive

Human face representing hive, shows codependency between human race and bees. We need each other to survive

NO BEES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PROJECT.
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I know you guys care about ecology, so I think it is important to go more in depth about this project.
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A bit of apiology.
There are three kinds of bees in the colony: queen, drone and worker. Each kind has visual distinction, that helps to tell them apart. Bees we see flying around are the workers, they pollinate plants, take part in honey production and have many more other responsibilities in the colony.
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Drones-male bees (ones you see in the photo)have only one purpose in life: to mate with the queen. There are up to 200 drones in the colony and, there are 100 female worker bees for every male drone bee????. While this may be appealing to some males, a drone’s life is hardly enviable. Drones are incapable of feeding themselves or foraging for food, they lack stingers, and they die immediately after mating. And, when times are lean or during the winter (when the queen does not mate), worker bees force drones outside the hive to preserve resources, leaving them to starve.☃️ Up to a hundred of drones can be expelled at once. It is a sad, but natural cycle of life.
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⚠️On a very rare occasion farmers, who see beauty and creative value in deceased bees, pick them off the ground, gather and sell to artists for taxidermy, jewelry molds, scientific and artistic projects. ⚠️This is the only way having bees was even possible for this project.
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I researched a lot and surfed the internet for months before I had any luck. Finally, I was able to find them far far away in Lithuania.
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