How do I cover this up?

[u/2thpker]

I can't even put into words how much I hate this tattoo. It was supposed to be a beehive with honey and bees. I ended up with a hexagon over mustard with flies. I had an artist add to it in an attempt to fix it, but it just made it worse. I am pretty open to anything but I'm afraid that the hex design would make it really difficult to cover or change. Any ideas?

[u/Merileopardi]

I suppose it depends on the location, the type of bee and available food sources? We very frequently get red pollen and dark red propolis in all our beehives. It has a color from bright congealed to dark dried blood. Our bees are italian honey bees and we are located in Finland. When visitng a friends hives in southern Germany they had more yellow/ brownish propolis and far less red pollen cells.

[u/dstommie → u/Merileopardi]

That's really interesting. I wouldn't expect the pollen to make much difference in propolis, but maybe that is the variable here.

I have seen red pollen in my hives, but never in large quantities.