This is a 9 x 12 original drawing on 140 lb. Hot press watercolor paper.
It was drawn freehand using Fine Line archival micron pens.

This drawing is about how a queen bee is made.
There is only one queen bee for every colony.
Royal Jelly is the secretion used to feed the queen larvae, produced by nurse bees.
Bees have a complex system of function that is intriguing & amazing.
This drawing celebrates the steps it takes to become and achieve something great.

Signed on the bottom right by the artist, Alexis Palmaffy
Created in Santa Fe, New Mexico