• Artists for Nature Foundation: ANF acts as a catalyst for nature conservation by asking artists to capture the spirit of endangered landscapes and species in their natural habitat.
• Apiservices: Promoting beekeeping and the bee as a pollinating agent, and the integration of beekeeping in interdisciplinary rural development projects.
• A Surrey Beekeeper: Follow James on his quest to obtain one, just one, pot of honey on his first year of beekeeping.....
• Bees for Development: Raising awareness about the value of beekeeping for poverty alleviation.
• Bee Proof Suits: Innovative beekeeping clothing. Protective clothing designed by beekeepers to keep you cool and protect from stings.
• Buglife: The invertebrate Conservation Trust.
• Bug Squad Blog: The blog of Kathy Keatley Garvey, communications specialist for UC Davis Department of Entomology.
• BWARS: Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society (British).
• Devon Beekeepers Association
• Eastbourne Beekeepers Association
• East Grinstead Beekeepers Association
• Glenn Apiaries: Dedicated to breeding honeybees for high honey production and disease resistance.
• Help Save Bees: A campaign to promote bee awareness.
• Learn Beekeeping: Beekeeping, for all levels, courses in Wiltshire, UK.
• Natural Beekeeping Trust: Promoting ‘natural’ beekeeping.
• North Pennine Bees: Beekeeping courses, UK.
• Operation Bumblebee: Reviving the fortunes of the humble bumblebee across the entire UK arable farming area.
• Plan Bee: The Co-operative has launched Plan Bee, a 10-point plan to help reverse the decline in the British bee population.
• Sark Paintings: Home of Sark artist Rosanne Guille and La Maison Rouge Gallery.
• Scottish Beekeepers: The website representing Scottish beekeepers nationally and internationally.
• Wakefield & Potefract Beekeepers’ Association
• Wharfedale Beekeepers Association
• What’s that Bug?: An insect identification website.

New in Bees in Art we have a copy of ‘The Life of the Bee’ written by Maurice Maeterlinck and illustrated by E. J. Detmold, and first published in 1901. Detmold's illustrations present honeybees as inhabitants of insect cities in an Art Nouveau style. 'Tarzan of the Apes', by Edgar Rice Burroughs; 'White Fang' and 'Call of the Wild' by Jack London were also published around this time, all reflecting post Darwin concerns evoking nature red in tooth and claw. Detmold's brutal illustration: 'The Duel of the Queens' (below), where one virgin queen honeybee mercilessly slaughters her rival sister, and Maeterlinck's chapter on the callous annual eviction of the honeybee drones, makes one's blood run cold. A feeling not often associated with the industrious honeybee. However, Detmold balances the apparent brutality of honeybee society with pastoral scenes of happy honeybees collecting nectar, that do reflect the decorative qualities of the Art Nouveau period.

‘The Life of the Bee’ written by Maeterlinck & illustrated by E. J. Detmold

David Koster has supplied Bees in Art with two new hand coloured etchings: a solitary bee and a bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius).

Hand coloured bee etchings by David Koster

Bee and Hymenoptera related links. Updated regularly:

• Artists for Nature Foundation ANF acts as a catalyst for nature conservation by asking artists to capture the spirit of endangered landscapes and species in their natural habitat.
• Apiservices Promoting beekeeping and the bee as a pollinating agent, and the integration of beekeeping in interdisciplinary rural development projects.
• Bees for Development Raising awareness about the value of beekeeping for poverty alleviation.
• Buglife The invertebrate Conservation Trust
• Bug Squad Blog The blog of Kathy Keatley Garvey, communications specialist for UC Davis Department of Entomology.
• BWARS Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society (British).
• Eastbourne Beekeepers The Eastbourne and District Beekeepers Association.
• East Grinstead Beekeepers Association
• Help Save Bees A campaign to promote bee awareness.
• Learn Beekeeping Beekeeping, for all levels, courses in Wiltshire, UK.
• Plan Bee The Co-operative has launched Plan Bee, a 10-point plan to help reverse the decline in the British bee population.
• Scottish Beekeepers The website representing Scottish beekeepers nationally and internationally.
• Wakefield & Potefract Beekeepers’ Association
• wharfedalebka.org.uk Wharfedale Beekeepers Association