When a Sorcerer tells him that he has been transformed from another sort of being, the Bee-man sets out to discover what he was in his earlier incarnation. Story is accompanied by a DVD which provides a behind-the-scenes look at the illustrator at work.

The Bee-Man of Orn first appeared as "The Bee-man and his original form" in St. Nicholas magazine in November 1883. Text here is the slightly revised version from "The Bee-man of Orn and other fanciful tales," published in 1887 by Scribner's Sons in New York.