{"id":194,"date":"2011-05-16T17:21:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T00:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2011-08-26T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T16:46:46","slug":"covered-in-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Covered in BEES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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"Ronald Fischer, Beekeeper" by Richard Avedon<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1981 farmer and beekeeper Ron Fischer answered an ad in a national beekeeping journal seeking a man or woman willing to be photographed with bees by a \u201cworld-famous photographer.\u201d That photographer turned out to be Richard Avedon. Here’s a nifty article about how he became the “Bee Man of Orion<\/a>“. The photo is a favorite of mine, not just for its surreal nature, but because it portrays somebody nonchalantly with a swarm of insects,<\/p>\n

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photo from "Working with Avedon" by Laura Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n

To get the bees to land on Fischer, a university entomologist he was acquainted with patted queen bee pheromone (an attractant for other bees) onto several spots on Fischer\u2019s head and chest.<\/p>\n

Then, about 200 feet away, packages of bees were opened on the ground. The bees detected the pheromone and began to move.<\/p>\n

Fischer still remembers watching the swarm of bees heading his way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey started forming a cloud over my head,\u201d he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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