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Lorenzo L. Langstroth historical marker at 106 S. Front St., Philadelphia PA. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (December 25, 1810 – October 6, 1895) was an American apiarist, clergyman, and teacher, who has been called the father of American beekeeping. [1] He recognized the concept of bee-space, a minimum distance that bees avoid sealing up.
In beekeeping, a Langstroth hive is any vertically modular beehive that has the key features of vertically hung frames, a bottom board with entrance for the bees, boxes containing frames for brood and honey (the lowest box for the queen to lay eggs, and boxes above where honey may be stored) and an inner cover and top cap to provide weather protection. [1]
Lorenzo Langstroth grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the second oldest of eight children. [8] He also attended Yale College, where he found religion, and eventually entered the Yale Divinity School to study for the ministry, where he eventually became Oxford's Presbyterian minister. [ 8 ]
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Langstroth hives are named for Rev. Lorenzo Langstroth, who patented his design in the United States on October 5, 1852. [29] It was based on the ideas of Johann Dzierzon and other leaders in apiculture. It combines a top-worked hive with hanging frames and the use of bee spaces between frames and other parts. Variants of his design have become ...
The Rev. Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church in Detroit, where former President Donald Trump plans to speak on June 15, 2024.
Lorenzo Langstroth: 1831 Yale College: Asa Fowler: 1833 Dartmouth College: Timothy P. Redfield: 1836 Dartmouth College: Morrison Remick Waite: 1837 Yale College: Chester A. Arthur: 1848 Union College: William S. Clark: 1848 Amherst College: Timothy Dwight V: 1848 Yale College: Joshua Chamberlain: 1852 Bowdoin College: Joseph H. Choate: 1852 ...
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.