The history of honeybees and beekeeping is complex and varied. Join me on an exploration of all things honeybees from ancient Egypt to the modern world.

Latest Essays

• Have your say on a future Honeybee Histories essay
  31 January 2025
  Hello subscribers to Honeybee Histories! Now that we’re into our fourth year of this newsletter, I wanted to start being a bit more interactive and I thought I’d start by offering you a choice for some future essays.What would you like to hear about in the varied history of honeybees and beekeeping? I have selected […]
• Thomas Hill – Chapter 3 – How Bees do naturally engender
  30 January 2025
  Part 10 in a semi-regular series of essays examining the 1568, A Profitable Instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees, written by Thomas Hill.
• What is the origin of the Honeybee?
  23 January 2025
  Origins, co-evolution, and ancestors