DIES VENERIS PRID. NON. MART. MMDCCLII A.U.C. | XVIII
Photographer: Graham White
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When ‘bees transfer their affections to [a] new queen … the old one loses weight & gets fed less & less, before wasting away or getting culled.’ ¹

Brutal.

Like the gods, themselves. (Think Prometheus.)

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¹ Andrew Davies, Beekeeping: Inspiration & practical advice for would-be smallholders (London: The National Trust, 2007), 35.

Image used with kind permission & manipulated in GIMP.
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2012-Feb-10

Tags: Greek mythology | Medusa