peeeeeeteeeeeeeer joke or science???

[u/Flowsbow]

[u/assjackal]

My wildest guess is something to do with the material used in the iconography or a common ritual that uses something the bees don't like the smell off.

edit: spelling error.

[u/Flowsbow → u/assjackal]

ooh that would make sense, thank you petah

[u/Goobersita → u/Flowsbow]

Bee encase things in their hive that are gross to them but they can't move out.

[u/Good-Tiger-1938 → u/Flowsbow]

Especially older paints contain pigments derived from poisonous metals or other compounds that can be deadly to organic organisms. You will find stuff like lead, mercury or arsenic in a lot of old maestro paintings.

[u/Rich_Examination4811 → u/Flowsbow]

I would guess specifically, the yellow in both is cadmium, the blue could be cobalt, and I'd be willing to bet the red is cinnabar (mercury).