Bee Collection (page 2)

South Pole, Plate 6 from Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio, 1674
South Pole, Plate 6 from Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio, Ignace-Gaston Pardies, pub. 1674 (hand coloured engraving)

Henry V, 1856. Artist: Alfred Crowquill
Henry V, 1856. From Alfred Crowquills Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England - From William the Conqueror to the Present Time. [Read & Co. London, 1856]

Doctor Syntax & The Bees, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax & The Bees, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

Travelers Stung By Bees, c1880. From The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone The Great Missionary Traveller. [Adam & Co. London, c1880]

Prince Alberts Bee-Hives, 1843. Cartoon of Prince Albert (1819-1861), with Queen Victoria. These Hives are so constructed, that the Honey may be removed without Destroying the Bees. - Morning Paper

Beekeeping, 1775. A print from La nouvelle maison rustique, ou economie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere de les entretenir et de les multiplier donnee ci-devant au

The Bee, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Bee, c1851. The central image shows bee skeps and plants on which bees forage, and Indian, American and South European bees

Minoan gold pendant with two bees and a honeycomb, 18th century BC
Minoan gold pendant, from a grave at Krysolakkos near Mallia in Crete. It shows two bees and a honey comb, 18th century BC

Louis XII, King of France, riding out with his army to chastise the city of Genoa, 24 April 1507. The covering of the kings armour and his horses caparison are decorated with hives and bees

Hieroglyphics carved on a column at the Temple of Karnak, Egypt, c14th-13th century BC. The symbols include an ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol of life, and a bee

Apiary of wooden hives, Lismore, Ireland, 1890. A woman in a protective veil using bellows to puff smoke into a hive to render bees less aggressive before opening the hive

Beekeepers preparing to take a swarm, 18th century. At the bottom of the tree are straw beehives (skeps) used in the apiary

Albert, Prince Consort, showing his hives to Queen Victoria. Albert (1819-1861) introduced improved bee hives to the royal apiaries

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