Experimental artists can work with some strange mediums, but one Canadian woman's earning some buzz thanks to her particularly creative work.

Aganetha Dyck, a sculpture artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, uses beehives in her work, transforming old, broken objects she finds at secondhand markets with the waxy honeycombs.

In fact, the bees themselves are her collaborators, as she sets the scene before letting them get to work on 'mending' the broken objects with more beeswax.

Genius! Aganetha Dyck creates artwork using bees and beehives

Expert: The Manitoba-based sculpture artist has 20 years of experience

Objects: She finds old, broken items like sports equipment at secondhand stores

Methods: She then places them inside beehives and uses special materials to attract the bees to certain places

Aganetha has worked with beekeepers, scientists, and bees themselves for over 20 years and has a real understanding of the insect.

For her art, she scopes out secondhand markets for old, broken pieces. She then places them inside already-constructed beehives, adding special materials to attract the pieces to certain holes and crevices.

With patience, she allows them to get to work, filling in the cracks with more honeycomb figures.

Video courtesy of Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Teamwork: She works patiently with the bees, who create more beeswax honeycomb

The bees cover the objects with honeycomb and fill in some of the cracks and crevices

Natural: Each of the objects has a sort of reclaimed-by-nature look

Unique: She works with pieces of paper as well and lets the bees get to work

Looks cool: She especially likes to use figurines like these

The process gives the pieces she chooses — old figurines, sporting equipment, vintage accessories — a sort of taken-back-by-nature feel.

'Throughout my life I’ve had an interest in figurines and collectibles. I wondered about dust and dusting of figurines and of the glass cabinets containing these untouchable treasures. These collectibles were beyond my reach as a child and adult alike,' she told The Creators Project.

'While working with honeybees I discovered their methods of construction and their ability to mend the hive's cracks and crevices with honeycomb, wax and propolis,' she went on. 'I thought of the vast number of damaged figurines in antique shops and second-hand stores. I knew honeybees were masters of mending and decided to give a selection of these now unwanted, damaged, figurines to the honeybees.

Not for wearing: Her work has been acquired by the National Gallery of Canada, Oakville Galleries and Winnipeg Art Gallery among others

A second life: She said her work transforms discarded items back into collectibles

Research: She has studied with beekeepers and scientists to work on her methods

Don't get stung: She added that the bees have routines and shouldn't be disturbed

Of course, each piece takes time, and she certainly can't rush the bees at their work — but she is OK with that

'My patience is due to the honeybees themselves. They have routines; they must not be disturbed any more than necessary and only for a few minutes at a time,' she said.