The History of Bees: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The History of Bees runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gibson Frazier and Joy Osmanski and others (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gibson Frazier
Gibson Frazier narrates 38 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 402 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,061 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The History of Bees is an audiobook by Maja Lunde: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Gibson Frazier, Joy Osmanski and Steve West, released August 22, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gibson Frazier, Joy Osmanski, Steve West
- Released
- August 22, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781508236108
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The History of Bees as an audiobook?
The History of Bees runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The History of Bees free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The History of Bees?
The History of Bees is narrated by Gibson Frazier, Joy Osmanski and Steve West.
Is The History of Bees worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.