Charles Bulter, the “Father of English Beekeeping” was a logician, grammarian, apiarist and Queen Elizabeth I’s beekeeper. In his 1609 book The Feminine Monarchie or The Historie of Bees, Butler detailed the Queen’s favorite mead recipe. The recipe has been adapted by several mead makers. The original recipe is below it includes ginger, lemon peel, […]
Celebrating Women Beekeepers: Agnes Powell, Founder of the Girl Scouts
On International Women’s Day we’d like to celebrate the achievements of Agnes Powell, a well known apiarist and founder of the Girl Scouts in 1910. Agnes was born in 1858, as the 13th of 14 children. One of her brothers, Robert Baden-Powell, founded the Boy Scouts. Agnes learned 11 languages, including Greek and Persian and […]