My new honey bees have arrived! After losing two hives last Fall (both packages from Georgia that succumbed to varroa mites and small hive beetles), I purchased locally raised nucs in hopes that they will be stronger and better adapted to my environment. They moved right in to their fancy 10 frame hives (thanks Dad!) and are not bothered by photography. This unedited video was shot with an iPhone 4S balanced at the entrance to their hive. They are so cool. I love my new bees and hope that they thrive. Kelly Heaton, 2014
open studio: 05_07_14 /
Top row: bees made from wire, resistors and beads; tiny leads for 100+ incandescent lamps; Bottom row: brass honeycomb; homemade capacitors (on styrofoam previously marked-up for resistors)
spirit world: la sirena /
Costa Rican shallows
The Queen of Cups from the Rider Tarot Deck
Vishnu assumes his fish avatara, Matsya, holding the Shanka
La Sirena from Loteria
animal: help the bees /
wild card: costa rica /
Photos were taken in Costa Rica's "Sensoria" nature park on the north side of Rincon de la Vieja; and nearby the village of Cabuya (canton Puntarenas). Kelly Heaton, 2014
spirit world: pushpaka vimana /
Rama escapes on the Pushpaka Vimana
electricity: sculpture garden /
inspiration: mahabharata /
Top row, left to right: Ganesha writing the Mahabharata; Bhishma on a bed of Ajuna's arrows; Hrim
Bottom row: from the Bhagavad Gita; and two images of the Cosmic Man