BUMBLE BEE
The Bumblebee is my favourite insect. I had the pleasure of finding a Bumblebee on a leaf of a shrub on a cold morning. The Bee seemed too cold to fly as I gently stroked it from the leaf onto the palm of my open hand. Gently I warmed it with my breath and slowly it began to move. After a few minutes of warming and walking around in my hand, it flew off. A delightful moment still fondly remembered after so many years. Their courting flight is nothing short of spectacular as the pair fly face to face in unison in a remarkable aerobatic display of precision flying. Up, down, back and forth, sideways and every direction with such precision as seemed impossible to accomplish. I felt honoured to have been permitted to observe it.
There is the story of two Mathematicians calculating that the Bumblebee should not be able to fly due to its large body but very small wings - wings too small to let it fly! The Bumblebee it was decided, could not fly. Good thing the Bumblebee doesn't know that! That's why I love the Bumblebee - I heard the same through my childhood "You can't do that" or "you can't do this" Good thing I didn't know. Did them anyway!
The Frame is 7" x 7" square stained Hardwood. Round opening is 5" dia. Artwork is covered with a Clear Domed glass lens.