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

• What did the Greeks and Romans write about the Drone Bee? Part 2
  9 April 2026
  An examination of early ideas about the drone honeybee
• Bees at Kew Gardens
  2 April 2026
  A visit to Kew Gardens and their focus on bees and other pollinators
• Skep Beekeeping in Anglo-Saxon England
  26 March 2026
  What were hives made of in Anglo-Saxon England and were they all the same? In this essay we explore how skep beekeeping became fashionable in the early medieval era.