Swarm Collection

Shakespeares Bees by Pauline Baynes
William Shakespeare, lost in thought, and inspired by a swarm of honey bees as he writes Henry V

A Plague of Locusts

French fishing boat catches octopuses
The crew of a French fishing boat off Cancale, Brittany, find their nets full of hundreds of octopuses which swarm onto the side of their boat, nearly sinking it

Myth / Tibet / Country / Mice
THE COUNTRY OF THE MICE The mice cross the river on cakes of dried yaks dung

A Swarm In June
An oil painting which shows the scene of a basket carrying man, speaking with a woman in the countryside. Date: circa 1918

THE FIREFLY GHOST
The spirit of Jimpachi avenges his wrongful death by manifesting as a swarm of fireflies who settle on the evil-doer and gradually smother him to death

Dragon attacked by swarm of bees
A dragon is foiled when a swarm of bees distracts its attention, enabling the child to be snatched from the jaws of death! Date: 1887

A group of San people harvesting a swarm of
A group of San people (Bushmen) harvesting a swarm of locusts with fire and smoke. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

TENTACULAR CATCH / FRANCE
Crew of French fishing boat of Cancale find their nets full of hundreds of octopodes which swarm onto the side of their boat, nearly sinking it Date: 1906

BIRTH OF APICULTURE
The birth of Apiculture: when heifers are sacrificed, bees swarm from them; a gift from the gods to the pious. Date: First published: 29 BC

Locust invasion, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Locust invasion in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. 1931

Hiving a Swarm of Bees - a man in a field is holding a basket beehive under a clump of bees. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

The Industry. Allegorical sculpture. Barcelona. Spain
The Industry. 1802. Allegorical sculpture by Salvador Gurri Corominas (1749-1819) at the foot of the staircase of honor at Casa Llotja de Mar. Marble. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

The Commerce and the Industry. Allegorical sculptures. Barce
The Commerce and the Industry, 1802. Allegorical sculptures by Salvador Gurri Corominas (1749-1819) at the foot of the staircase of honor at Casa Llotja de Mar. Marble. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Children Drinking Fount
Children swarm round a public drinking fountain. Date: 1891

James Lapslie
JAMES LAPSLIE Scottish churchman and informer, reading a book about bees which swarm round his head, standing on the book of Revelation. Date: CIRCA 1793

Musca autumnalis, face fly
The face fly is a non-biting fly but is still a troublesome pest of cattle, as it feeds on secretions from the animals eyes and nose

Argonauts & Harpies
The Argonauts, on their way to Colchis where they plan to steal the Golden Fleece, are attacked by a swarm of harpies, who are nastier than they look

Gents Hat is Bombed
A passer-by kindly points out to a gentleman that his smart top hat has just been bombed by one of a swarm of seagulls in a Copenhagen street. Date: 1916

Bees swarming in a walled garden
Bees leave their hive and form a large swarm on the branch of a tree. Two agricultural types look on in amazement

An Air Attack
A delicate lady, accompanied by her boy servant, fends off a small swarm of bees with an equally small parasol

Dr Syntax / Bees / 2nd Tour
BEES Dr Syntax and the bees

Government Troops Enter
Government troops of the 26th regiment swarm into Paris by the Porte Saint-Cloud

Piedmont Volunteers
From all over Italy, patriotic volunteers swarm to expel the Austrians : Giuseppe Mazzini leads a column of men from Piedmont

Islamic Monsters
The Christian hero Roland is assailed by a swarm of Islamic monsters - If I get out of here without catching cold, I ll be lucky !

Girls Chase Butterflies
Two little girls chase a swarm of butterflies while their younger sister sits among the flowers

Fish Peddler Attacked
At Toul, France, a fish peddler carrying a basket of herrings is ambushed by a swarm of crows who rob him of his stock while he beats them off with his stick

Locust Plague Algeria
Algerian farmers do their best to prevent a locust swarm destroying their crops

Beehive on a Gatepost
A bee keeper in a suit smokes straggling bees back into their hive with the aid of a pair of small smoking bellows

Flying Demons
A menacing swarm of flying demons

Papal Invasion Uk 1852
PAPAL INVASION OF ENGLAND - the Catholic Church is depicted letting loose a swarm of monks, whose purpose is to lure honest Englishmen into the arms of the Scarlet Woman

Birth of Apiculture
The birth of Apiculture - when heifers are sacrificed, bees swarm from them - a gift from the gods to the pious

Insects / Locusts
Iowa farmers light smoke-fires hoping to save their crops from a swarm of locusts

Locust Swarm in Syria
A locust swarm in Syria

Swarm of Locusts
A locust swarm in Romania

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