 This is one of a series of paintings by Robert Butler that depict turn-of-the-century scenes from twelve of Florida's major agricultural industries. |
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This is one of a series of paintings by Robert Butler that depict turn-of-the-century scenes from twelve of Florida's major agricultural industries. |
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All narratives accompanying the paintings were written by Robert Butler. All rights reserved by the artist.  Cracker Cowman Golden Grove Equine Splendor Farmers' Harvest Fern Garden Timber Shadows Shipping Cotton Ocean Farming Strawberry Patch Sugar Harvest Tomato Garden Beekeeping in the Pines |
 Beekeeping in the Pines At the mere verbalization of the word honey, our thoughts are slanted toward sweet memories. Honey -- and its purveyor, the bee -- has found a major place in our palate and culture. We praise it with song, cultivate it for sweet exploitation and study its maker, the bee, to understand the miracle of flight. All this buzzing about the bees business has led to the business of bee husbandry. Though bee farming has been with us for ages, honeys spell upon man and beast drives them both to risk pain and peril just to sample what some have called the golden nectar of the gods. In an age of technology, the bee can still teach man science, enhance his art and inspire his culinary soul. ©Robert Butler 1999 |
