Honeybees Gone
Personal memory by J. Kramer
1970 CE • Pennsylvania, USA
Growing up, I remember the abundance of honeybees. It was not unusual to see 50 in my backyard. I can't remember the last time I've seen a honeybee. They have been virtually wiped out in the 'wild' in this part of the country.
Memory submitted at Maya Lin: A Study of Water, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022
Image: Andy Blackledge via Flickr, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
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