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

• Homes of the Honey Bee Bonus PDF
  16 October 2026
  Bonus PDF of the British Bee Journal article “Home of the Honey Bee”
• Homes of the Honey Bee
  15 October 2026
  Hello, and welcome to this week’s Honeybee Histories. We return to the 19th century journals today, with a look at an article published in The British Bee Journal in February 1897. The topic is on an elderly beekeeper and the significant work he did to construct his beehive, proving, as the author suggests, that you […]
• Transmitting ideas about the Drone in the Medieval Geoponica
  8 October 2026
  A look at the 10th century Byzantine book on agriculture and what it has to say about the drone bee