First created in 1972 by David Farey. Originally called Horse Feathers or Monkey Business after Marx Brothers films, the titles and humor of which were inspirations. Issued by ITC in 1991. [U&lc, vol. 18, no. 1] Already shows as Beesknees in a 1970s specimen by Alphabet Photosetting. [specimen]

Tatiana Lyskova and Elvira Slysh made a Cyrillic version at ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1994.