After many hours of drawing I can finally reveal the next image in my 'Earth Series'. This time I have chosen to focus the message of my drawing on the plight of the honeybee. The quote I have used is from Saint John Chrysostom who was archbishop of Constantinople, 347-407. The bee in occult tradition interested me and I chose to focus my drawing once again around a female figure because as a pollinator ruled by a queen, the bee is often considered a symbol of the Goddess or Divine Feminine, in particular Venus.
In recent years there has been a worrying decline in honeybee populations in fact, 'in the UK, around one fifth of honeybee hives were lost in the winter of 2008/9. Bees pollinate a third of the food we eat, and this contributes £200million a year to the UK economy.' We can help bees by eating organic, planting wild flowers and keeping bees. To find out more and help support bees please visit vanishing bees.
