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

• How widespread was beekeeping in Anglo-Saxon England?
  21 May 2026
  Early medieval Britain was an island separated into various small and alterable kingdoms. Many of these eventually merged and aligned until the island was essentially broken down into the England, Scotland, and Wales that we know today (approximately). During that era, the skep bee hive became prominent in various forms and designs, and made of […]
• World Bee Day
  20 May 2026
  20th May is World Bee Day – Support our bee friends!
• Jared Potter Kirtland – the first President of the North American Beekeeper's Society
  14 May 2026
  A brief profile about J.P. Kirtland, nineteenth century beekeeper