HIOGR.APHY OF L. L. LANGSTROTH. V 



his invention. This was granted him; but he was deprived 

 of all the profits of this valuable discovery, by infringements 

 and subsequent law-suits, which impoverished him and gave 

 him trouble for years; though no doubt remains now in the 

 mind of any one, as to the originality and priority of his 

 discoveries. 



From the veiy beginning, his hive was adopted by such men 

 as Quinby, Grimm and others, while the inventions of Mmin 

 and Debeauvoys are now buried in oblivion. 



Removing to Oxford, Ohio, in 1858, Mr. Langstroth, with 

 the help of his son, engaged m the propagation of the Italian 

 bee. From his large apiary he sold in one season $2,000 worth 

 of Italian queens. This amount looks small at the present 

 stage of bee-keeping, but it was enormous at a time when so 

 few people were interested in it. 



The death of his only son, and repeated attacks of a serious 

 head ti'ouble, together with physical infirmities caused by a 

 railroad accident, compelled Mr. Langstroth to abandon ex- 

 tensive bee-culture in 1874. But when his health permitted, 

 his ideas were always turned toward improvements in bee- 

 culture. On the 19th of August, 1895, he w^rote us, asking 

 us to ivy the feeding of bees with malted milk, to induce the 

 rearing of brood. He had also written to others on the same 

 subject. On the lJ9th of September he wrote in the American 

 Bee Journal, that, after comparative experiments he had found 

 that a thirteen comb Langstroth hive gave more honey than the 

 ordinary ten frame hive, thus showing that his mind was at all 

 times occupied with bees. 



Mr. Langstroth died October 6th, 1895, at Dayton, Ohio, 

 while delivering a sermon. He was nearly eighty-five years 

 old. His name is now "venerated" by American bee-keepers. 



