Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera mellifera
The hundreds of honey caps form a honeybee (Apis mellifera, in the foreground), giving it a pixelated — even artificial — appearance, symbolizing the hybrid and non-native origin of most of today’s farmed species. “Improved” by human intervention through genetic selection, these ultra-productive workers have gradually supplanted native breeds in our hives, such as the native black honeybee (Apis mellifera mellifera, in the background). The superimposition of the two pieces highlights the threat of extinction that the former poses to the latter.