Writing & Research
Honeybee Histories
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 does the Domesday Book tell us about Hives an wild honey hunting in England, in the eleventh century?
- When agricultural writer John Mills wrote about bees in 1766, he accepted the arguments of Jan Swammerdam and other recent discoveries, showing just how accepted the idea of the Queen Bee had become
- Writing in the 9th century, Rabanus Maurus cemented the idea that the drone was lazy and thus sinful. This would prove to become a popular motif during the medieval era.
