Tags
art, bees, disease, environment, insects, nature, sculpture, toxicology
I am in the middle of making a new sculpture informed and inspired by research into declining bee populations. The work has been gestating for many months as I battled with the challenge of how to materialise the concept. My working title for the sculpture is Silent Wings.
Research
Research threads and articles relating to bees that you may find interesting.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/may/01/study-links-insecticide-invertebrate-die-off
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1202
http://www.chbr.org/Research/ProjectGenesis.aspx
http://qz.com/107970/scientists-discover-whats-killing-the-bees-and-its-worse-than-you-thought/
http://exploringtheinvisible.com/2013/07/27/bee-jewelled-found-dead-bees-and-copper-sulphate/
Other blogs posts about this issue:
Honey Trap 28 January 2013
Save the Buzzzz 4 May 2013
19 June 2013 and 19 August 2013