Immersive Exhibition Tells the Story of Bees Through Sights, Sounds, and Smells

Designed and produced by artist and sculptorWolfgang Buttress, the exhibition is a full sensory experience.

This isn’t just an exhibition with bee specimens displayed in cases.

This exhibition was imagined to be like no other.

Female Nomioides

Female Nomioides (Photo: © Pete Carr Photography / National Museums Liverpool)

I want the audience to feel empathy as well as an understanding and appreciation of these incredible creatures.

But their existence is under threat.

Bees: A Story of Survivalis an immersive exhibition that merges science and art.

Male Cliff Mason bee (Osmia xanthomelana)

Male Cliff Mason bee (Osmia xanthomelana) (Photo: © Pete Carr Photography / National Museums Liverpool)

Male African Carpenter bee (Xylocopa inconstans)

Male African Carpenter bee (Xylocopa inconstans) (Photo: © Pete Carr Photography / National Museums Liverpool)

Female Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

Female Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) (Photo: © Pete Carr Photography / National Museums Liverpool)

Female worker European Honeybee (Apis melifera)

Female worker European Honeybee (Apis melifera) (Photo: © Pete Carr Photography / National Museums Liverpool)

Male Willughbys Leaf-cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella)

Male Willughbys Leaf-cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) (Photo: © Pete Carr Photography / National Museums Liverpool)

Female Violet Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea)

Female Violet Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) (Photo: © Pete Carr Photography / National Museums Liverpool)

BEES A Story of Survival © Photo by Pete Carr - Render by Battlecat and Wolf

© Photo by Pete Carr – Render by Battlecat and Wolfgang Buttress Studios

“Bees: A Story of Survival”

Wildflower meadow display at World Museum in Liverpool

“Bees: A Story of Survival”