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

• Thomas Hill Chapter 5 – Another look at bee anatomy
  5 February 2026
  Part 12 in a semi-regular series of essays examining the 1568, A Profitable Instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees, written by Thomas Hill.
• What do we know about the Drone Bee Part 1?
  29 January 2026
  Hello and welcome to another Honeybee Histories essay. This week I’m starting a new series of essays for paid subscribers focused on the drone honeybee. I’m hoping to turn this into an e-book sometime in the future and have quite a bit of content on the subject to share.The drone (the male bee) has had […]
• Our Plan of Wintering (1875)
  22 January 2026
  An article from the 1875 edition of the American Bee Journal