I was given a challenge to create visual work using a piece from a newspaper.
‘Experiments on the division labour in honeybee
hives have revealed why some bees do the waggle
dance while others nurse their queens. The bees’
jobs correspond to patterns of chemicals the latch
on to and regulate genes in their brains, according
to a report in Nature Neuroscience. Analysis of
worker bees’ DNA revealed foragers had one
pattern of chemical tags on their genes, while those
that stayed at home had another. When bees
swapped one job for the other, their genetic tags
changed accordingly. The study is thought to be
the first to show that reversible chemical markers
on genes might drive different behaviours in a
living creature'
hives have revealed why some bees do the waggle
dance while others nurse their queens. The bees’
jobs correspond to patterns of chemicals the latch
on to and regulate genes in their brains, according
to a report in Nature Neuroscience. Analysis of
worker bees’ DNA revealed foragers had one
pattern of chemical tags on their genes, while those
that stayed at home had another. When bees
swapped one job for the other, their genetic tags
changed accordingly. The study is thought to be
the first to show that reversible chemical markers
on genes might drive different behaviours in a
living creature'
With this I chose to do an illustration of a bee with a barcode & its DNA code. To show that each bee has a genetic tag, but in this illustration it's replacing the honey bees stripes.
Here is an illustration of just the honey bee itself.
Alternate design with a barcode tag with the newspaper piece included.
