10 Natural History Bee Prints
Today we have a wonderful collection of Natural History Bee Prints! Do you have a favorite winged creature? Maybe your favorite is the Bee. If so, then this collection will be perfect for you! In it, I’m offering some gorgeous Antique prints of Bees that are sure to brighten up any room in your house or office. Bees are one of the most important creatures on earth, and they deserve all the love we can give them!
Old Bee Engravings
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This is an amazing early print of three large Bumble Bees! It is Plate 14 from one of my favorite books – a very old, circa 1860 Natural History Book. Notice the caption is for “Common Humble Bee.” The white background is yummy with aged areas. Of course this would be fabulous just framed, but I think it would be wonderful to use this in a garden themed project.
Vintage Natural History Bee Prints
Click HERE for the Full Size Printable PDF of the Hive on a Branch
Here we have a circa 1840’s antique Natural History Bees Print. Above is a full size printable of Plate 27. There is a hive on a branch, and you can see parts of the honeycomb in this drawing. There are four beautiful creatures in this printable – ‘Trigona Amalthea,’ ‘Trigona Ruficrus,’ ‘Melipona Postica,’ and ‘Melipona Scutellaris.’ According to some research, they are Stingless Bees from South America. Fascinating!
As you can see, this delightful print shows three Honey Bees all buzzing around some pretty flowers! They are are similar in color, with dark bodies and tan wings. The Male is the largest on the left. The Worker is the smallest on the right. The Queen is in the middle and has very small wings compared to the size of her body. I love the contrast of the black and creamy white background with the colorful winged creatures. Lovely!
Click HERE for the Printable PDF of the 5 Bees
Click HERE for the Full Size Printable of the 3 Bees on Leaves
This gorgeous Bee Print comes from one of the 1840’s Natural History books in my collection! I’ve provided you with a full size Instant Art Print of Plate 20! I just love this one!! There are three different Bees shown here. Each one is colored so beautifully! The top one has blue and purple colors, and is almost iridescent. It is a Carpenter Bee named ‘Xylocopa Violacea.’ The middle one with green body and yellow wings is known as ‘Centris Grossa.’ I’ve removed the large red and green one, called ‘Centris Nobilis,’ from the background. You will find him in a section below.
Click HERE for the Full Size Printable of the Carpenter Bees
Click HERE for the Full Size Printable
Featured above is a splendid Vintage Natural History Insect Print! Presented is a marvelous black and yellow Winged Insect on a delicate plant. This print comes from a Circa 1862 British Entomology Book, but the date of the drawing is 1827. Make sure you click on it to see all of the gorgeous detail!
Natural History Bee Prints
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Pictured above is a fabulous Circa 1843 Natural History Print! The print shows various types of Insects, especially Bees and Wasps along with their nests and hives. I’ve created a High Resolution Instant Art print that you can download, print, and frame.
I hope you enjoyed this fabulous curated collection of Natural History Bee Prints! You might also like our Bee Images Collection HERE!
Denise Brady says
These are wonderful, this beekeeper says, thank you.
graphicsfairy says
Well thank you Denise and for all you do with the Bees 🙂