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

• REPOST: Into the Micro-verse: Jan Swammerdam and the dissection of honeybees
  25 December 2025
  This essay was originally posted onto Honeybee Histories on 17 November 2022. It examined the role that the microscope had in finally identifying the sex of each type of bee.
• Honeybee Histories: A Summary of Year Four (2025)
  18 December 2025
  Round up of Honeybee Histories in 2025
• Honeybee Histories e-magazine issue 3
  11 December 2025
  Honeybees in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, China, and South America