This picture is of an older and aged bicycle with the seat covered by a thick swarm of bees. The photo seems to be taken decades ago due to the older looking bike, older looking street it’s on, and that it is a black and white photo. The photo focuses mainly on the bicycle seat which is completely covered in hundreds of smarming bees. The bees cover the entirety of the seat so much that the color and texture of the seat are unknown. The shape of the seat it still evident, however the bees make it tough to tell how thick and how wide the seat actually is. There are bees flying all around the seat and even under the seat on the bike’s frame and on the back tire. The bike it standing up and is positioned on the road a few feet from the brick side walk. Behind the bike looks to be a shop with a window display, but the picture doesn’t allow this to be known for sure.
This picture is simple and has one main focus, the bees on the bicycle seat. The picture zooms in on the bee covered bicycle seat so much that it demands the most attention. All other aspect of the scene, like the store, the side walk, and the rest of the bike, are left up to the imagination. The viewer doesn’t know who owns the bike, where the bike is, what store it is in front of, or why there are bees all over the seat. The photographer obviously wants the main point of the picture to be the bees covering the seat completely as if it was their bike.
This picture shows the power of teamwork. The bees have covered the bike seat so completely that most people would not go near this bike seat, let alone attempt to hop on to ride it. One bee on the bike seat would do nothing and could easily be scared away, but hundreds of bees swarming the bike seat would scare most people enough to stay away from the bike. The swarm of bees found this bicycle and decided that it was theirs and they joined together to declare their ownership of the bike. As an individual bee, occupying this bike would be impossible. But as a powerful and terrifying swarm of hundreds, they easily took this bike and the owner is now scared to take it back. When individuals join forces to become one single power, with one single goal, much more is possible. As individuals we are limited, but as a single collective overpowering presence, we can do anything.