Honeybee Histories
Explore the rich history of honeybees and beekeeping
Join Dr Matt Phillpott on a journey through the fascinating world of honeybees, exploring their history and significance throughout time.
In the early 20th century, Maurice Maeterlinck included three chapters in his “The Life of the Bee”, elegantly describing the rejection of the drones from honeybee colonies at the end of summer.
The Drone Bee as summarised by Palladius, last of the Roman writers
Finishing the examination of knowledge about drone bees in antiquity we come to Palladius, who summarised much of his work from Columella.
Thomas Hill Chapter 6 – Bees for man’s Use – Utility and Profit
Part 13 in a semi-regular series of essays examining the 1568, A Profitable Instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees, written by Thomas Hill.
How widespread was beekeeping in Anglo-Saxon England?
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 materials local to each region. Read more
Jared Potter Kirtland – the first President of the North American Beekeeper’s Society
A brief profile about J.P. Kirtland, nineteenth century beekeeper
The Honeybee Choose your own Adventure Game
In this little game you can make choices for a honeybee leading it through its youngest days to its eventual death. If you reach an end, you can simply refresh the browser page to restart!
