Darkness behind. The frame edge shrinks, and you are safe. Stacked combs, a symbol of financial success, have replaced the magical acrobat bees (is this another piece of trickery, invisible in the sunlight?). This vision of wealth is transient; the combs will be gone in a moment, off to storage, and then on to the market. A puff of smoke passing over the landscape, backlit by a vanishing sun, is the only hint left of the original energy harvested from the bees, now being sent abroad in tins, for breakfast use in other countries.     If the experiment was successful, he would replace his entire stock.