Death and the Bee

From the sketchbook

The first sketchbook stab at a subject I think I will cover in more detail.

Unfortunately, as a beekeeper I inevitably kill some bees every time I manage the hives. The subject of death is thus on my mind every time I attend to this task, and I always suffer somewhat for it.

In this day and age it’s usually difficult to get hives through the winter. Morta…