Anton Tishkin

Faces of the Front Range / Story 03

Buddha and
the Bees

Colorado Front Range

Documentary series

A morning with Buddha moves from the geometry of the hive to the living current of the colony—frames lifted, smoke drifting, bees finding their way home.

This chapter follows one hive inspection along Colorado’s Front Range. The photographs stay close to veil, smoker, wood, wax, and hands at work, then step back to reveal the person at the center of the ritual.

Place
Colorado Front Range
Focus
Beekeeping
Project
Faces of the Front Range
Close portrait of a beekeeper behind a mesh veil
Bees scattered across the open top of a hive
Honeybees clustering across open comb
A single bee crossing pale honeycomb
Beekeeper opening a row of hive frames
Beekeeper holding a bee-covered frame
Beekeeper lifting a dense frame against the sky
Beekeeper inspecting a frame above an open hive
Smoke curling from a beekeeper’s smoker beside the hive
Honeybees moving across a frame under the beekeeper’s hand
Honeybees among open and capped cells
Beekeeper studying a hive through his veil
A honey frame held to the light
Beekeeper working among raised hives
Beekeeper preparing the smoker
Beekeeper walking through smoke with the smoker at his side
Beekeeper pointing across the apiary after removing his veil
Profile portrait of the beekeeper looking across the field
Beekeeper smiling at the end of the inspection

This public edit is only part of the story.

The extended sequence from Buddha and the Bees—including photographs not published on this site—is reserved for Patreon.

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