This week I’ve got something slightly different in store for you, which I hope you’ll like. I’ve been working on a bonus feature for Honeybee Histories for a while now, and its finally ready to reveal: an e-magazine version of Honeybee Histories.
I’m really excited about this. I’ve never created a magazine before so it’s been a bit of a learning curve getting here, but great fun doing so. I hope the final result works. I think it does, but I’d be very open to comments and constructive criticism (so please do feel free to leave a comment about it below).
I’ve decided to start with an issue 0, offered for free to all subscribers (and anyone who happens to come across this essay) as a thank you for subscribing and reading my work. This issue contains several articles that appeared as newsletters on Honeybee Histories and a few new features such as an A-Z profile of Virgil, and a word search (more about the contents below).
After issue 0, I’ll be releasing a full-length issue 1 for paid subscribers (also as a thank you), and (presuming that you like it), will aim to release two issues a year going forward. Each issue will be a combination of old content re-made in magazine format and new content, especially created for the e-magazine.
Honeybee Histories Issue 0
What can you expect in issue 0? Questions about honeybee intelligence, a look at Virgil, and claims that Honeybees form ‘perfect societies’, oh, and a puzzle to end off!
Article: Do Honeybees know their Owner? A 19th Century Debate
In 1862, W. Busch wrote a short article debating whether honeybees are capable of recognizing their keeper. But is there any truth to it?
A-Z Buzz Files
A short profile on Pubilius Vergilius Maro (Virgil)
Article: The Perfect Society
What do honeybees teach us about a perfect society? A brief look at some historical ideas about human civilization through the lens of the honeybee.
Bee Facts
Historical facts about Bees
Download Issue 0 (pdf)
While I would love to offer everything for free (I really would), I can only manage to do this research and writing with some help. If you would like to support me further with a paid subscription, I would be extremely grateful. In return you will receive two extra essays a month (i.e. weekly essays), and the occasional bonus, such as issue 1 of Honeybee Histories e-magazine, which should arrive next month.
Next week Honeybee Histories returns to its normal format, with a paid subscriber essay about an article on the native honeybees of Saudi Arabia and then in two weeks time, a free essay looking at honeybees and beekeeper advice for the month of November!