#apiary

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldHoneyBeeDay 🐝 here are two golden illuminations from a pair of famous early 13th c. English bestiaries:

Aberdeen Bestiary, Univ. Lib. MS 24 f.63r Aberdeen University Library

Ashmole Bestiary, MS Ashmole 1511 f.75v Bodleian Libraries

#bee #bees #honeybee #honeybees #honey bee #honey bees #beehive #apiary #medieval art #English art #European art #bestiary #medieval manuscript #illuminated manuscript #illustration #gold leaf #Ashmole Bestiary #Aberdeen Bestiary #Bodleian Libraries #Aberdeen University Library #World Honey Bee Day #animal holiday #animals in art #book art

[vulturevalentines]

B is for bēo  (Old English for bee)

The epic hero Bēowulf's name translates literally to bee-wolf, which is likely a kenning meaning bear.

#my art #artists on tumblr #illustration #medievalism #medieval illustration #illuminated manuscript #historical art #old english #eald englisc #medieval artober #bees #honey bees #apiary #old english alphabet

[thebeautifulbook]

THE LIFE OF THE BEE by Maurice Maeterlinck. (New York: Dodd Mead, 1901) Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Translated by Alfred Sutro.

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#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #vintage books #illustrated book #edwardian books #bees #maurice maeterlinck #alfred sutro #apiary #edward detmold #book design

[moishe-pipick]

#bees #apiary

[little-humblebee]

Check out this queen laying in an observation hive 🐝

#bees #bee #beekeeping #beekeeper #honeybee #apiary #hymenoptera #honeybees

[this-has-returned]

People with autism whose special interest is/includes bees: This is your formal invitation to reblog and infodump about bees.

PLEASE. I AM BEGGING YOU.

I'm writing a short story, and the main character has autism (because write what you know), and her special interest is bees (because I like a challenge).

The problem is: While I think bees are cool and I know a bit about them, they aren't my special interest. So I need to research and catalog enough facts, insights, and enthusiasm to sufficiently write a character who loves bees as much as I love airplanes.

Also considering a side plot where she is struggling to start her first hobby apiary. Might try to find bee YouTubers as part of my research as well.

I would have given her a different special interest, but I have a very specific reason for it to be bees. Trust me, lol. I just wanna do the bee-lovers justice.

#autism #bees #apiary #special interest

[jones-friend]

ITS NEW GAME TIME

Apiary is a worker (bee) placement game about bees in space! It runs 1-5 players in 60-90min.

I greatly enjoyed this game. Even with my gencon haul this charmed me the most, I found Apiary to grok with my brain just right with lots of gears and cogs to set to make your great machine. I totally see why its making best of the year lists and will hit best of the year for me as well.

In Apiary each player oversees the construction of a hive in space. Players start with a mat showing a unique layout, a landing pad with 3 workers, a unique faction tile with their own ability, and a few starting resources.

Each worker has four sides, 1-4. This strength factors into how good the actions they take are. Workers are placed on corresponding actions which fit 1-2 workers at a time. If someone is already there the worker is bumped off, either returning to the landing pad to be retrieved later or increased in power and returned to your active row to be used again.

On a turn you place a worker (bee) or retrieve all workers. Placing workers allows you to gather or exchange materials, build out your hive, acquire workers or new Hive Frames that allow you to extend the hive, or draw cards that can be used for instant gains or late game points. If you retrieve all workers they generate income through your farms and bump up in power. Workers maxed out on power Hibernate, the worker token is discarded and a tile placed on the Hibernation Combs for a bonus and to compete for points.

Spaces are exceedingly limited and bumping happens regularly. Theres a lot of small details in this game you can work to chain huge gains in a turn. And each action feels unique with interesting choices to make. For example when you explore do you gain a bonus for revealing a new planet and filling out resources on it or revisit an old planet to get more stuff?

Its the kind of game where you need to dabble in a little bit of everything to make it work. You need to plant a few seed cards, get a carving active, play the queen’s favor, build out your hive or at least one frame, work your faction bonus and upgrade it. And the more you make these elements work in concert with each other the higher your score will be.

I absolutely loved this game and am excited to play it again sometime soon. There’s a fat stack of factions with different abilities and starting resources and we saw so little of each tile stack that its very hard to have similar games every game. It was also helped by having one of the most thorough appendices of a game I’ve seen, with each card numbered and explained. I highly recommend Apiary and if the game appeals to you then you should most definitely check it out!

#Apiary #board game #board games #tabletop #tabletop games

[jokingluna]

#princess luna #princess celestia #apiary #stealing #joke #embezzling

[sanseterrer]

#spring #march #aesthetic #village #villages #country #countryside #cottagecore #cottagecore aesthetic #spring cottagecore #rural life #rural #photography #hamlet #abandoned #abandoned houses #abandoned buildings #abandoned places #apiary #abandoned apiary

[1five1two]

'On an Apiary'. Aleksandr Makovsky.

#art #vintage art #bees #apiary #figure

[othmeralia]

Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.

This bright sunface watches over the ritual of bugonia in which an ox is killed and bees generate from its body. The different myths surrounding the idea that bees will spontaneously generate from an animal body get a little confused. There is also a story in the bible that refers to Sampson killing a lion and bees arise from the carcass. This illustration conflates the myths by showing both lion and ox. The author of this book, Pierre Pomet, includes this illustration but states that "this extraction appears to be very wide of truth," in other words he doesn't believe it either.

Histoire generale des drogues, traitant des plantes, des animaux, et des mineraux, 1694

#rare books #history #bees #honey #engravings #apiary #natural history #early modern science #othmeralia #sun face

[kittyoverlord]

So I'm still subscribed to my college's bee club mailing list - it's a popular club for entomologists. These are the most recent emails I've gotten:

In case anyone was wondering: Bee clubs do exist and they do in fact hold honey tastings and make lip balms lol.

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #fantasy high #fhjy #fantasy high junior year #gertie bladeshield #apiary #personal #my life

[submi55ive-kitten]

✨ 🐝 🐝 🐝 ✨

#submi55ive-kitten #me #personal #apiary #apiarist #beekeeping #beekeeper

[geohoneylovers]

Learn the nutritional benefits of propolis and bee pollen! Boost immunity, enhance energy, and support skin health. Read our blog post to find out how these organic marvels might improve your well-being! 🍯

#bees #beepollen #pollen #beekeepers #beekeeping #apiary #pollination #polinators #beesofinstagram #honeycomb #honey #honeybee #savethebees #organichoney #propolis #purehoney #healthyfood #beepollenbenefits #healthbenefits #food #healthydiet #beepollendiet #geohoney

[cinemacrypt]

Boys will literally become apprentice beekeepers

#mars says stuff #my face #beekeeping #apiary #my grandfather is teaching me #we both got stung <3

[little-humblebee]

Officially a card carrying member!

#bees #beekeeping #bee #beekeeper #apiary #honeybee #pollinators #hymenoptera #honeybees #american beekeepers federation