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Wow, just wow.

will man ever stop trying to figure out new ways to score a few bucks off of slave labor? even if these are just 'art' pieces which will not be sold (...sure...), it's still unneighborly to manipulate other beings to whip up something you fancy looking at.

and the bees get --what? -- in return for their work?

The commentors before me are joking, right?

Dang, I hope they're joking! Anyone eat meat? Honey? How about own leather? These aren't my taste, but they seem pretty far down on the list of ways humans use animals and animal products in their lives.

Also--and this is more of a word choice comment--to characterize this use of bees as "slavery" seems to trivialize real slavery.

agree with rockypondgirl--well said.

BTW--this is in the awesome MOMA exhibit going on right now, I think titles "elasticity of the mind" or something like that. I saw it a few weeks ago and the vase is really beautiful.

i think the first couple of commenters are missing the real point. the artist here is trying to bring this more organic way of creating (unlike the mass-production industry), like honeycomb from bees, to the forefront. he really is saying that this is beautiful and that we should learn form animals and insects, like bees.

correct you are, heatherleaf and kat1

besides the mangling of hives for wholly frivolous use, the vases are plug ugly

I think they are beautiful, and an exceptional idea. I doubt that the bees are being mistreated in any way, its made from organic materials, and a big cluster of purple lilac would be breathtaking in this.