The goal of Matt Willey is to paint 50,000 individual bees as a part of his art initiative called The Good of the Hive.

An artist known for painting a magnificent mural depicting 353 honeybees at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is making a ... of all things — that 30,000-50,000 bees make ...

Also, the idea of painting a beehive comes from Oxford’s own history with beekeeping. While living in Oxford, Lorenzo Langstroth invented the modern beehive and revolutionized the honey industry.

SCRANTON – Proponents of murals downtown are abuzz about an upcoming wall painting that will feature bees. Scranton Tomorrow’s Mural Arts Program will have artist Matt Willey of Narrowsburg ...

Matt Willey, artist and founder of The Good of the Hive initiative, talks about a bee and pollinator mural he is painting on the new Norma W. Matheson Education Animal Center inside the future ...