"Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening" is a painting from 1944 by the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. It encapsulates Dalí's fascination with dreams and subconscious imagery, featuring a sleeping woman floating above a rock. Beside her, a pomegranate floats in the air, from which a bee emerges, symbolizing the sting of awakening. In the background, two tigers leap towards the woman, their bodies extending from the mouth of a larger fish, all against a calm sea and a cliff. This work is a prime example of Dalí's exploration of dream-induced fears and desires, capturing the precise moment before the sleeper awakens, supposedly inspired by the sting of a bee.