Bees

The Plight of the Honey Bee

A small-scale assemblage sculpture and film documentation incorporating recycled mirror, gold leaf, olive tree pollen and a lifeless honey bee. The work was filmed outdoors on a lavender plant, situating the sculpture within the environment it references.

The mirrored surfaces catch and fragment light, while the gold leaf and pollen sit in delicate contrast to the stillness of the bee. Pollinators are essential to food systems and ecological balance, yet their decline — linked in part to habitat loss and the widespread use of insecticides — remains an ongoing concern. The piece holds a quiet tension between value and vulnerability, presence and absence.

The small sculpture up close.

below are stills from the film: