Post Apis 2009
Wooden beehive sculpture, safe, jars of honey
16 x 16.5 x 20.25 inches
40.6 x 41.9 x 51.4 cm
The Colony Collapse Disorder phenomenon has been affecting bees all over the world and causing the en masse disappearance of Apis Mallifera (Western Honey Bee). As a precaution Ananatural Production proposes POST APIS measures to save honey.
POST APIS is a new honey banking system. It offers a customized and personalized security system for honey which acts as both protection of, and investment in liquid gold. A safe deposit box or private safe provides the ideal solution to keep your valuable honey stored with maximum security while also remaining close at hand. Easily accessible and custom catered to different lifestyle demands, local honey* is placed in safe deposit boxes in banks vaults around the world and/or in a private safe in your home or office.
AP recommends all households to start to safe guard their local, organic honey using a padlock and/or a special hiding place and also to consider the benefits of including honey in wills and trusts.
For POST APIS investors and collectors, AP will advise on correct storage of honey, which, if properly sealed can last up to 2000 years.
Bank arrangements can be made in chosen locations and AP will provide assistance in honey selection and storage as well as proper consumption when necessary.
POST APIS home safes can either be installed as wall safes with a custom painting included to cover the safe (img. a) or as a free-standing safe with a customized sculptural enclosure (img. b and img. c).
The painting concealing the wall safe will reference historical depictions of bees and honey such as the Portrait of Napoleon I in His Coronation Robes by Lefèvre or Albrecht Dürer’s “Cupid the honey thief”. Themes of pollination, politics and love may also be explored.
The sculptural enclosure of the free standing safe option will be based on the beekeepers hive. The beehive sculpture can be customized in either antique or contemporary styles.
AP will also offer a series of dietary, health and beauty tips using honey and other products that would disappear without the pollinating services of the Apis Mallifera.
*Local honey is honey raised closest to ones living area. It is proven most efficient for fighting allergies and boosting the immune system. Organic honey is preferred, meaning the apiary is surrounded with at least 4 miles of organic farmland. AP will establish contact with local organic beekeepers to assure the highest quality honey.
