Nina Designs Earrings: Tiny Bronze Bee

These bee post earrings are dainty and playful. In many religions, honeybees are commonly depicted as messengers for the spirits, and are closely associated with the sun. In ancient egypt, they're the tears of the sun-god ra, and in yoga, where each chakra emits a different sound in meditation, the lowest chakra emits the hum of the honeybee. Fly away with these cute and ready to wear stud earrings. • our bronze is a high-quality italian alloy of copper and tin that contains an anti-tarnish compound which delays, but does not eliminate, eventual oxidation. bronze(with sterling silver posts) • made from recycled silver. • gold plate is 40 micro inches of 98.5% pure gold plated over sterling silver with a fine layer of nickel in between.