WHY IS LORENZO LORRAINE LANGSTROTH CONSIDERED TO BE THE FATHER OF AMERICAN BEEKEEPING?

Picture showing the inside of a hive.
N39_Bee_5

In the summer of 1851, Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, an American apiarist, observed that when bees build wax combs, they leave a space of about 6 millimeters (1/4 of an inch) between them. Based on that observation, he requested his fellow beekeeper and cabinet maker, Henry Bourquin to make the first movable hives—called Langstroth hives—that made it possible to harvest honey without destroying the colony.

N39_Bee
N39_Bee_2

Recent posts

Japanese beetle on a red rose

July 9, 2018
A linyphiid Spider (female) on grey background

July 7, 2018
A killer bee on a beautiful pink flower

July 6, 2018
Horsefly on a green leaf

July 4, 2018
Flamingos are perfectly balanced on one leg and use less energy.

How are flamingos able to fall asleep on one leg?

June 11, 2017

Join us on social media or subscribe!

Sign up to receive our articles in your inbox!

Enter your name and email address below to subscribe.

Picks for you

The processing power of the bee’s brain—weighing 10 milligrams—is far more powerful than a computer.

How smart is the common honey bee compared to computers?

When a field bee returns to the hive, it regurgitates the contents of its honey sac into the mouth of a worker bee.

How do bees process honey from nectar?

Related posts

Bees cluster together around the queen bee and combs to form a winter cluster.

How do bees survive the winter?

Bees flap their wings up to 230 times per second and flip them over on the return stroke.

How do bees fly, given that they have relatively small wings?

Bees entering a behive (greeb in color); some bees are refused entry because they are drunk with fermented nectar.

Some bees are refused entry into the hive. Why?