The Beehive
Metaphor| Since the Agricultural Age, bees
have been associated with all manner of virtues. Their beehives
have served as a role model for an ideal society, while bees'
honey, nectar, and wax have provided the basis for countless
positive metaphors of sweetness, virtue, and productivity. The natural architecture created by bees in their beehives can bee said to approach perfection. They have been studied and reinterpreted by such notable architects as Le Corbusier, Antonio Gaudi, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright for some of their great works. Now, Míc Miller adapts the Beehive Metaphor in a virtual way to appropriately represent his award-winning area information retrieval (AIR) system, critically acclaimed virtual community, and reference Web site, The Beeline. And just as with real-world beekeepers, Míc works hard to maintain a user-friendly, family-safe place that benefits and protects those who use The Beeline -- whether they reside in its Beehive Directory or use its Beeline-AIR System for fast, local-to-global area information retrieval. |
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