The Busy Bee
The Busy Bee Cafe, Hollandale, Mississippi by Birney Imes, 1985, C-Print
By Birney Imes
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Signed in black ink on print verso by Birney Imes
From the series, Juke Joint
Born in 1951 in Columbus, Mississippi, photographer Birney Imes is mainly known for his compelling phot...
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H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
DJ Lovebug, Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee photograph: Harlem 1980 by Charlie Ahearn
By Charlie Ahearn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
DJ Lovebug, Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee at the Celebrity Club: Harlem, New York, 1980 by Charlie
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Foxglove bells for busy bees by Rachael Dalzell. Acrylic on paper, framed.
By Rachael Dalzell
Located in Coltishall, GB
Foxglove bells for busy bees is an expressive, vibrant work on paper which captures one of the most
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H 27.56 in W 35.44 in D 0.79 in
The scent of mornings, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Theophile DELAINE
Located in Yardley, PA
sky was overcast just at the edge of the coast, you could hear the bees busy on the coconut flowers
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Joy of Summer Floral Mead, Original painting, Floral, Meadow, Landscape painting
Located in Deddington, GB
. I’ve added numerous busy bees as I get asked to on many occasions playing their important role. Painted
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H 24.02 in W 36.23 in D 0.67 in
Garden Blackcap
By Kate Heiss
Located in Deddington, GB
there is a bee busy pollinating the flowers. It is printed in sky blue, teal green, pale pink and
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Garden in Bloom and Garden Blackcap
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poppy blooms. The swifts are darting through the sky and there is a bee busy pollinating the flowers. It
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Looking Up Quadtych
Located in Deddington, GB
this tree, Emz stood under the fragrant blossoms and listened to the incredible sounds of the bees busy
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Dreaming Of Cherry Blossoms and RADIANCE II diptych
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
blossom, nectar tickling and bees busying. Spring nourishes the very depths of my being.” The original
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H 23.63 in W 35.44 in D 1.58 in
Dreaming Of Cherry Blossoms, Sarah Berger, Abstract Floral Art, Affordable Art
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
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Bees 1-37, Angie Renfro Oil on Board Painting Depicting Bees on Blue Background
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Looking Up through the tallest pink tree to the future
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