HoneyLands is a series of four photographs shown in the group exhibition HoneyMe, 2020 at Gallery Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode/BE

Description of the work: HoneyLands is a series of photographs that shows landscapes where bees live on the brink of existence. The honeybee needs a body temperature of 35°C to be able to fly. The optimal outside temperature for collecting is 22 to 25°C. Below around 7 to 10°C, bees fall into cold stiffness. Workers can only fly out to a limited extent. Under difficult conditions, the bee colony uses its stored stocks and needs workers to collect water to convert the honey produced into digestible bee feed. Sometimes most of these workers are too weak to fly back, many individual bees die in the course of the winter. Collectors are still working to their limits. Survival as a colony of bees means fighting the weather conditions. Latitude and cold are natural barriers. HoneyLands shows landscapes on the northern or altitude limit for honey bee survival. The photographs were presented together with the rare honeys of the shown regions.