Honeybee mandala card 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 bee mandala is printed on the back of the card with the photo location. Choice of a blank card or one with a birthday greeting printed inside. Perfect as an everyday note or birthday card for a beekeeper, gardener, nature lover, entomologist, or someone interested in native plants, sustainability, or pollinators.

Shipping. The card and envelope are packaged together in a plastic sleeve and mailed in a stiffened mailer. One or two cards are shipped USPS First Class without tracking. Three or more cards are shipped via the most economical means, which usually includes tracking.

Framing. This honeybee 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.

Postage. Because irregularly shaped mail, like this square blue jay card, must be canceled by hand, the U.S. Postal Service requires extra postage to deliver them. Special "butterfly stamps" carry the exact right postage to mail your square card within the U.S.

About the Art. The digital collage on this card, titled Star Gate, was created from this photo of a honeybee on catnip flowers taken in my gardens on Pleasant Hill, near Brookhaven, West Virginia. Sipping nectar makes a honeybee so ecstatically happy that she curls forward into a C-shape, making her difficult to photograph for a mandala!

Honeybees fly up from their hives at the bottom of the valley to find my garden every year. They are particularly drawn to plants in the mint family. At the height of summer, hundreds can be found in my catnip patches and in the large planting of short-toothed mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) in my front yard. Short-toothed mountain mint, also know as clustered mountain mint attracts native pollinators, as well. My patch becomes so busy with small bees, wasps, and hover flies on a July afternoon that the entire patch appears to be in motion.