15th~16th century inspired Beekeeper Costume

Here are all depictions of medieval and renaissance beekeepers I could find that wear a uniform with any sort of face covering.

For reenactors that seek to depict an accurate beekeeper, these pose a challenge: only the beekeepers in Bruegel’s pen drawing distinctly wear a woven basket as face piece. All the others could be wearing one made of wire, a kind of sieve, or simply fabric; which would, if we follow the basic etiquette of reenactors, make the beekeeper with a basket face Renaissance, and not medieval.
It is important to back up your reenactments with sufficient sources, be it depictions in art or actual findings of garments (which is obviously very difficult in this case), and one has to acknowledge that for the beekeeper, there simply isn’t enough material to make the claim that basket-faced professionals existed before the 1500s. It is reasonably possible, since baskets did exist then, and were most likely cheaper and more widely available than wire mesh, but we can’t say for sure.

This is, of course, mostly important to those who wish to be historically accurate, for example those who are part of a reenactment group that specializes in a specific time frame. For hobbyists, let this be an interesting tidbit.

		Die Bienenzüchter. Das Blatt zeigt vermutlich einen Handlungsablauf. Federzeichnung etwa 1568. Pieter Bruegel der Ältere (1526/1530–1569)
		GERING ACKERBAU WEN IN REÜSSEN. Early illustration of a beekeeper. Showing two bee baskets and a beekeeper. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, published 1574 by Heinrich Petri in Basel. First published in 1544.
		Georgics. Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. G. 98. fol. 049v: Italy, Milan: 15th century, middle Beekeepers, beehives, extraction of honey; in initial, Virgil writing. Two beekeepers in uniform tend to beehives, smoking them, while two more, dressed in normal clothes, seem to be extracting the honey.
		VERGILIUS, Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis. France, Lyon, Bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu - P.A. 27, 248 f. 15e s. (ca. 1411) ; 15e s. (milieu) ; 15e s. (fin) Depicting a beekeeper tanging a swarm of bees.
		Neu vollkommen Kräuter-buch : Darinnen über 3000. Kräuter. Theodorus, Iacobus; Date Original 1613. According to Forster: Die Biene: appeared in publications in 1588 and in the 15th century. Also depicting a beekeeper tanging a swarm of bees.