The Bees, the Drones, and the Wasp · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Bees, the Drones, and the Wasp
Subject: Drones; Bees; Wasps; Plants; Trees; Buildings; Hive; Outside
Period: 1750-1800;
Description: The scene is taken place outside, there are buildings in the background and tall trees and plants. And another tall building near the front along with a large hive with a swarm of bees, drones and wasps. The drones are trying to claim some hives and all the honeycombs, disputed it with the bees, appointing the wasp umpire between them.
Image Creator: Annoymous (Anonymous);(); Annoymous (Anonymous); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:28748
Language: eng
Source Name: The Fables of Aesop
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_28748_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Drones; Bees; Wasps; Plants; Trees; Buildings; Hive; Outside