Honeybee card with pink milkweed flowers is digitally printed using archival pigment inks on silky, bright white, acid-free paper. Folded card is 5.25" by 5.25" and comes with a beautifully made, bright white envelope. The paper is super smooth, not slick, and takes gel, ballpoint, and other inks well.The photograph I used to create the honeybee mandala is printed on the back of the card with the photo location and some honeybee info. Perfect as an everyday note, thinking of you, or birthday card for a beekeeper, gardener, entomologist, or someone interested in native plants and pollinators. Choice of a blank or birthday card.

Shipping. The card and envelope are packaged together in a plastic sleeve and mailed in a stiffened mailer. Note: orders of one or two cards are shipped USPS First Class without tracking. Larger orders are shipped via the most economical means, which usually, but not always, includes tracking.

Message Choices: Blank | Birthday

Framing. This bee card is created using high-quality materials, such as might be used in a museum. The print is sharp, bright, and frameable. To protect the vibrancy of the artwork, I frame using UV glass or acrylic, and I recommend it. If you use plain glass or acrylic, make sure you hang this sweet, little piece and all your beautiful art away from direct sunlight.

About the Art. The digital collage on this card, titled Communion of Bees, was created using this a photo of a honeybee on common milkweed flowers taken in the West Virginia Botanic Garden near Morgantown, West Virginia. Milkweed and many other native wildflowers, especially when planted en masse, attract large numbers of honeybees.

Communion of Bees has a frilly Victorian feel, but the bees are by no means sitting in the parlor sipping tea; rather, they're constantly on the move, traveling from flower to flower as they gather nectar and pollen for the making of honey. Although not as important as our native bees in the success of many food crops, honeybees contribute in a big way to the pollination of fruit and nut trees, squash, cucumbers, and melons. You might want to thank a honeybee if you enjoyed, say, a handful of blueberries or a bite of avocado toast today!