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

• The Honeybee in the Fifth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt
  25 April 2024
  Relief from the Solar Temple of Nyuserra, Fifth Dynasty. After G. KRITSKY, The Quest for the Perfect Hive, A History of Innovation in Bee Culture (Oxford, 2010), 12. (original image)In the Bible, Egypt is listed as one of the few places in the world that is flowing with ‘milk and honey’. This is not by […]
• The Berlepsch hive Part 2: The Design of a hive
  18 April 2024
  A look at a nineteenth-century beekeeper trying to improve hive design just before Langstroth
• April
  11 April 2024
  Seasonal beekeeping advice from the historical archives