bee sides painting i am a bee keeper.  keeper of bees.  the synonyms for keep are: stay, remain, be, maintain, continue, store, hang on to, prevent, protect, honor, own.  this can lead us to an understanding of what we have to do as a "bee keeper".  it is a complicated business.  as a bee keeper you don't just go out and buy a bunch of supplies and chemicals and buy bees and follow the norm.  if you do you are a bee farmer of the lowest order.  but it can not stay that way for long.  the bees will get into you and either you will adapt to them and their needs or you will become a bee warden, a enslaver of bees, a person of dark ignorance who operates in the world with eyes wide shut.  my partner and i keep bees and are trying to learn the old way.  http://www.queenofthesun.com/ she is the one in the poster, dancing with the bees. 

these are photos of hives i have built.  they are top bar modified hives.  i am trying to combine elements of 3000 years of bee keeping and help with the re emergence of the art of bee.