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Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee (Hardcover)
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Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee (Hardcover)
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In 1853, Langstroth published The Hive and the Honey-Bee
(Northampton (Massachusetts): Hopkins, Bridgman, 1853), which
provided practical advice on bee management and, is the basis of
this publication. Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry
by using bee space in his top-opening hive. In the summer of 1851
he found that, by leaving an even, approximately bee-sized space
between the top of the frames holding the honeycomb and the flat
coverboard above, he was able quite easily to remove the
coverboard, which was normally well cemented to the frames with
propolis, making separation hard to achieve. He later used this
discovery to make the frames themselves easily removable. If a
small space was left (less than 1/4 inch or 6.4 mm) the bees filled
it with propolis; on the other hand, when a larger space was left
(more than 3/8 inch or 9.5 mm) the bees filled it with comb. On 5
October 1852, Langstroth received a patent on the first movable
frame beehive in America. A Philadelphia cabinetmaker, Henry
Bourquin, a fellow bee enthusiast, made Langstroth's first hives
for him and by 1852 Langstroth had more than a hundred of these
hives and began selling them where he could. Langstroth spent many
years attempting to defend his patent without success. He never
earned any royalties because the patent was easily and widely
infringed. Langstroth hives are still in common use today.
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