20 Beehive Clipart
This is a fabulous collection of Beehive Clipart! I absolutely adore Vintage Beehive Images and I am always on the look out for them. There’s something so sweet and charming about the abodes of these tiny insects. We have several splendid Bumblebee Hive, Nest, and Skep Images, for you to choose from. Some of them would make a cute label, especially if you make your own Honey or Honey related products. There is a sweet little bee hive and a bee skep image that I think would look lovely on a set of Coasters or transferred onto a Tea Towel! We also have several gorgeous Beehive Instant Art Printables to Print and Frame as well. If you are a crafter or graphic designer you will love these illustrations.
Black & White Beehive Clip Art
Featured above is a rather primitive looking little hive or skep image. This one was a woodcut from an early printers book. I think it would be quite cute used in country themed projects!
This one is an amazingly ornate Beehive or Skep on a little table with short legs. Apparently, back in the day, Bees were much more spoiled than they are now! This is a clipart image from the old 1850s Catalog. It is a black illustration on a white background.
This is a marvelous Vintage Black and White Beehive Image! Shown above is a classic looking Bee Skep, drawing. Bees are buzzing all around it! The hive is sitting outside on a low table or bench.
This is a wonderful Vintage Wooden Beehive Image! Shown above is a fantastic Antique Image scanned from a very early Natural History Book. The picture is an Engraving of an unusual looking Wooden Beehive! According to the book, it’s a Pyramidal Beehive. I love the little finial at the top! This is such a picturesque image, with the flowers surrounding it and the little Bees buzzing around.
Isn’t this darling?!! This is the beehive isolated from an old Advertising Card for the Beehive Clothing House! You can see the old card in the next section below in its original sepia form. I thought it was such a cute design element.
I just adore this Early Beehive Image! This is an old black and white Illustration of a charming Vintage Beehive in a Garden setting. It is sitting on a tree stump. Such an unusual woven hive or skep. I love the thatched roof on this one!
Pictured above is a Splendid Bumblebee Nest Image! This marvelous picture was scanned from an Early Natural History book. Such an interesting illustration! As you can see, there is a Queen Bee and two little Bumblebees climbing around some little pods, which must be the bee egg sacks. They look quite busy, don’t they?!
Here is the latest addition to this collection. Here we have double the fun, with 2 skeps inside of a little thatched roof shed. Such a sweet illustration!
Beehive Illustrations
This is a pretty little Victorian advertising card for Lion Coffee. A very sweet scene with a large yellow beehive and a sweet little gray bird. There are some huge bright pink and white colorful flowers over the beehive and a cute house in the background.
This is a darling Antique Beehive Painting! This old Illustration of a charming Mother with her two daughters checking out two Vintage Beehives or Skeps is so sweet. I love the thatched roof cottage behind them.
Here we have a whimsical looking wooden structure! There is even a picture of a Bee on the front panel.
Here is another charming wooden version. This one is surrounded by flowers. I bet the Bees love that!
Here is the latest addition to this collection. Here we have a charming Bee themed birthday card! Perhaps you could print it out and send it to a nature loving friend for their special day.
Beehive Graphics
This cute French Beehive graphic is from an antique French Document! I just love the tiny Bees swarming around it! The original black and white clipart was quite tiny so I enlarged it a bit to make it more useful. I made a sepia color image for you too.
Beehive Printables
Isn’t this darling?!! This is an old Advertising Card for the Beehive Clothing House! I think the Beehive is so cute, and I love the old Typography as well! I’ve also included a graphic of this hive on its own in the previous section above.
Click HERE for the Full Size Printable PDF of the Bee’s Swarming
This is a gorgeous Beehive Print from an 1840’s Natural History Book! This one shows some Bees swarming around a Tree Branch. There are 3 cute Hives or Skeps in the background. I’ve created an Instant Art Printable so that you can print it out and frame it.
Click HERE for the Full Size Printable PDF of the Wooden Hives
This is another lovely print is from a Circa 1840’s Natural History Book. Shown is a charming Beehive in lovely Sepia tones. I can just imagine the sweet Honeycomb inside of these! I’ve created an Instant Art Printable Download so that you can print it out and frame it.
Beekeeper Clipart
And if you have a Beehive, you need a Beekeeper costume right?! This is a marvelous Vintage Beekeeper Clipart Image! Shown above is a wonderful Vintage Picture done in Black and White, of a man wearing a Beekeeper Costume! He’s wearing the traditional Beekeeper’s Hat with netting over it to keep the bugs out. This one was scanned from an Antique Farm Manual, Circa 1884, in my collection.
I hope you enjoyed this fun curated collection! You might also like some Colorful Bees HERE or our Best Garden Clipart Themed Images HERE.
Irene says
Hi Karen,
I love your latest addition – the wooden one with the colourful flowers surrounding it. I love this. Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!
Karen Watson says
Thank you Irene! I hope you have a wonderful day too.
Laurie Clarkston says
bumblebee nest honeycomb clipart
Pictured above is a Splendid Bumblebee Nest Image! This marvelous picture was scanned from an Early Natural History book. Such an interesting illustration! As you can see, there is a Queen Bee and two little Bumblebees climbing around some little pods, which must be the bee egg sacks. They look quite busy, don’t they?!
Hi. Anyway you can provide me with more info on this picture? I would like to find out just how old it is. This makes interesting information when talking about bumblebees.
BTW, bumblebees do not make nests like this. A single bumblebee tunnels into the soil and will lay an egg in a chamber. She might create several chambers off of one tunnel, and she works alone.
Any help would be great. Thank you.
Karen Watson says
Hi Laurie, it’s hard for me to know. Most of my antique books are falling apart when I buy them, the books in bad condition are less expensive. So I often remove the pages to scan them and then they go in a drawer after that. If it’s from the book that I’m thinking of, it did not have a date on it, but it was most likely from around the 1860s-1880s judging by the style of the drawings. I have no idea where that page is currently, my filing system is not good! Perhaps these Bees were visiting a nest that belonged to some other insect?
Irene says
Hi Karen,
Bees are so important in our world and to our environment – although some may disagree when they are stung but the awareness of their importance is something else.
I didn’t even know that there were that many kinds of styles for beehives. They all have a very different kind of personality to them like a ‘cottage style,’ or the ‘condo-style’ for the wooden ones. I had no idea they could be so different in those days. How interesting!
I have always used honey at home. My grandfather always mentioned that honey was pure and healthy compared to using sugar and our family grew up on honey.
We have a wonderful agricultural farming area in our region and there is a vendor out in the country that makes beeswax sheets that are used to preserve your produce. They are breathable and environmentally friendly. They really are amazing to use when you use them to store onions, asparagus – all kinds of veggies or cheese and items that you want to ‘preserve’ for a longer period of time.
And to think they use these methods instead of using plastic wrap or waxed paper. They are reusable as well which is great! The first company I dealt with is called Abeego – if you look it up, you will see. As I said, we have a local company who has been making these for our region and I love shopping local.
So, we must remember how important the bees are for us in so many ways.
Thanks so much for sharing these unique images with us. It’s nice to see how extraordinary they really were back then compared to today!
Enjoy your weekend and keep safe!
graphicsfairy says
Wow! Thanks so much for all of the wonderful information Irene!! I love honey and yes, the Bees are sooo important! They say that local honey from the area you live, helps to fight allergies, it is a natural immune booster! Have a great day and thank you so much for the helpful info 🙂
The Gypsy Magpie says
Fabulous!! Absolutely perfect for a Bee Keeper’s journal… Thank you for the wonderful collections you give us!
graphicsfairy says
Oh yea! So glad you liked it, it is my pleasure 🙂
Feathers and Flight says
So Sorry Karen.. I’m a Little Late Coming to the Party in Thanking You for this Beautiful Image! I used in your ‘Brag Monday’.I think its Called Mommy Brain! Thank You again!
Have a Wonderful Day!
~Jill~
plaisanter says
Congratulations to Sylvie! And thank you, Karen, for your generosity in all ways. xxx Nancy
Terri Kahrs says
What an interesting image! Love it! Hugs, Terri xoxo
sallypaper says
I’ve never seen a beehive like this. Thanks for posting. Sally
Rebecca says
Thank you for being so generous with us! LOVE EVERYTHING you share.
xoRebecca
Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says
This is beautiful, Karen!
Congrats to Sylvie!
charles says
karen excellent image and great presentation
Nancy's Notes says
Karen, that is so very interesting!! Thanks for sharing!
Nancy