Without bees, there may be no time left for life.
Butterflies, hummingbirds & wind also pollinate, but bees do the lions’ share. Click on the next 2 images, & see bees working in all their glory.
At first, when I saw this mural on Queen East, I thought “Gorgeous”!
Immediately thereupon, I wondered why the artist had a clock set at 11:00, & gears in the mural with the bees?
Then it hit me!
Bees, & all pollinators are dying off due to pesticides & herbicides. It is their 11th hour. After discussing this with Marina Kanavaki, she made up her April’s clock read 11:00 for this post.
On Art Towards A Happy Day Marina spreads the importance of all life on the planet. If you click on her clock, bees will fly you to its original “Diamond Four” artwork.
So, let’s view this mural’s details from left to right.
Hello! Don’t bee afraid of me! I’m pollinating for you!
There was a shadow growing across the smaller right side of the mural.
I feel it is nature adding her own poetry. (blows up nicely)
When I looked across the street, I saw that the clock & a bee were reflected in the windows of a library.
I see time & the bee, melting …. fading away.
I think that I shall never see, a mural pretty as a bee! (TY, Joyce Kilmer!)
Pics taken by Resa – March 19, 2017
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Click on the S6 Logo & the bees will fly you to Marina’s boutique. I’ve bought tights, a clock, travel mugs & make-up bags, all with Marina’s art on them. The quality is very good. Keep an eye out for discounts & free shipping!
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Great post
Simply beautiful portrayal
As Sheldon Always
Thanks Sheldon! It is truly a mural with a message!
As a person definitely not a fan of bees, these are large and rather intimidating. But the art is absolutely wonderful. Great post, especially the clock(s)
Yes, the bees are huge. 😀 As far as the insect kingdom goes, I like butterflies and bees. Now if it had been a spider mural, I would still be having weird dreams.
The clock is fab, it gives the mural its message. Lol, it took me days to figure it out.
Thanks for the detailed photos and for revealing this artists work and the statement they seek to make throughly their art.
You are so welcome.
It is a gorgeous mural, and I hope this artist’s voice reaches many. Many are speaking for the bees right now. Our buzz seems barely heard.
I thought this rather sobering, Resa ~
“They are critical pollinators: they pollinate 70 of the around 100 crop species that feed 90% of the world. Honey bees are responsible for $30 billion a year in crops. That’s only the start. We may lose all the plants that bees pollinate, all of the animals that eat those plants and so on up the food chain.”
Many are changing their habits, choosing sustainable organic farming methods. Well done to them!
Marina’s artworks are very special indeed; as is Nick Sweetman’s fabulous street art and the message behind it… Well done to Nick!
xoxoxo
Yes, it is sobering, Carolyn.
Man seems to be cutting off his nose to spite his face.
When I moved to where I live now, 17 years ago, there would be massive clouds of Monarch butterflies migrating, blocking out the sun. As years went by, the cloud of Monarchs shrank to where last year I saw 1 Monarch. It was by the milkweed bush we planted for them. It is the only place they will reproduce. I’m hoping to see 3 or 4 this year. Fingers crossed! xxoxoooxx
Yes, Resa, it seems the poor Monarch Butterfly has not only the weather to contend with, plus loss of forest habitat (due to legal and illegal logging) but also its declining source of food along the migration route; as you’ve said ~ the milkweed bush. I’ve read that not all Monarchs are migratory. Just as well. Unless government take a more proactive approach, the migratory Monarchs face a harsh future!
Is there a Monarch Butterfly reflection? Not just for me, but for all?
Yes Resa ~ the beautiful Monarch Butterfly Reflection: 🙂
https://abcofspiritalk.net/2012/10/12/monarch-butterfly-reflection/
Here ’tis (I hope). It didn’t ‘stick’ the first time… 🙂
Fascinating. Bees are incredibly important and useful animals. Hope this excellent mural will not be the only place we’ll see them in the future.
I whole heartedly agree!
Great art with an important message. We are pretty much doomed if bees ever die out. 😦
I agree! I’d love a game where bees won. I’d love a reality where bees won. 😀
There’s a game called Buck Bumble on the Nintendo 64. You control a badass bee with sunglasses and guns, haha. A strange concept indeed, but it was fun 🙂
Hmm, sounds great! I wish there was a bad ass bee shooting down poisonators!
Gawd, I love bees. They’re magical!
Magical is a perfect word! 😀 I have to go out, but will visit your blog later!
Go where?!?!?! COME BACK!!!
Nick’s art is pretty awesome – the bees are pollinating up a storm! Just read an article today about the importance of bees are creating homemade hideaways for the little guys. Wonderful post Resa!
TY, Mary! Nick’s art is ab fab, and bees are uber important.
This was great Resa, and as a honey fan, I was greatly enthused. 😉 What Bee’s do for us can be highly medicinal in more ways then one.
We will miss the bees! ⭐
Nope my friend, goodness will overcome. I still believe in magic and Peter Pan, and G_D. Probably not your thing, but Happy Passover anyway, your talent always lifts me up. 🙂
I want goodness to overcome! 😀 ❤ Happy Passover, Daniel!!!!
Happy Passover Resa! 🙂 ❤
Incredibly beautiful and the message is the difference between life and death. Fabulous post, Resa. Bravo.
Thank you! I love this artist’s work. I have posted maybe…10 pieces, and they are all nature’s images, from plants and flowers to insects and animals.
This is stunning and a very big worry too!
I adore the art too, and it is a very big worry!
Awwww, Resa, this is such a wonderful find!!!! I only hope it’s not their eleventh hour and yes, that would this would mean it is ours too. His work is incredible on this… as are you, an incredible woman, full of kindness and love and I am forever grateful for all your love and support, my sweet friend.
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I think the post turned out great. Thank you so much dear Marina for making me a special clock. Anyway, I'm cheering for the bees!
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Impressive stree art…. Those are busy bees for sure! 😉
Have a great week ahead, dear Resa. ❤ xx
You have a great week, too, dear Aquileana! xoxo ❤
Deeply touched by the quality of your post Resa. The fabulous art as illustrated by your wonderful photos, may someday be all that remains of the only insect responsible for food production. Look long, look hard
Thank you very much, Eddie!
It is a sad reality. This is definitely a mural with a message. The artist has done his part well. “Look long, look hard” , you took the words right out of my heart!
Love this
Agree! It’s very special!
Hi Honey 🙂
Bee hives are big business in the USA. Hundreds are taken to mega-orchards for pollination, BUT in the last few years most hives are dead, business is now almost non-existent. It’s terrible ! 😦
xoxoxoxo ❤ ❤
OMG!!! I missed one of your comments! ❤
It's terrible how man treats nature, as though it was his personal property.
Of course bees don't want to be kept in semi-trucks getting hauled all over the country. It's bad enough we steal their honey, now we have little flying slaves.
I can't continue my thoughts here, as it's too, much.
I think it's time the planet went vegetarian.
Much love, xoxoxo ❤
Bees are being killed by the Asian predatory wasp in large numbers around here!
OMG! Another disaster for the bees! Globalization has now brought killer wasps where they do not belong. TY for the info! _Resa
Awesome! I love Marina and you, and together with bees! Swoon for the focus on art and our planet.
So, I got to meet the Bee’s artist 5 days ago!
Nick Sweetman is adorable. He is part of a group of Street Artists painting in the alley behind my home. I took an old wedding gown (Vera Wang) out to the alley, and one of the artists painted it for me. I hung with them for the 4 days. Today I went there, alone with the gown and took a lot of pics with the graf. It will be a least a 2 – 3 part post. I’ll probably post it early to mid May. xoxo
They painted a pic of the VW gown or they painted the gown itself so that it’s no longer white or ivory or whatever? Can’t wait to see the pix. How cool to have murals behind your home.
They painted the gown itself!!!!!
Super cool! Are you posting a pic of it?
Eventually! I’m dong a post of the Graffiti event including the gown here on GLaM. Then a post focused on the painting of the gown on Art Gowns. I didn’t make the gown, I had it in stock, but it was my idea & I’ve only taken about 300 pics so far. It would be a good filler post on Art Gowns.
Fabulous!
This is BRILLIANT!! Nobody seems to care about the threat to our precious bees – it makes me so mad. People won’t care until it’s too late 😦
I agree! I’m thrilled to tell you that I met the artist. He affirmed the 11th hour. It was after I made the post. He was painting in the alley behind me.
What a wonderful post and to think that I almost missed it because of WP’s inconsistency in showing the posts. We definitely need the bees.
…. and I almost missed your comment!
This murals sends a massive message. We need the bees!!!
Haha! We do need the bees!