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tion, in 1851, does not profess to have been the first to have 
invented them. Every page of his book shows his trans- 
parent honesty, and his desire to give all due credit to other 
writers and inventors. He does claim, and very justly, to 
‘have invented the first practical frame hive, the one described 
in his patent, applied for in January, 1851, and in all three 
editions of his book. 
For this great invention, as well as his able researches 
in apiculture, as given in his invaluable book, “ The Honey- 
Bee,” he has conferred a benefit upon our art which cannot 
be over-estimated, and for which we, as apiarists, cannot 
be too grateful. It was his book—one of my old teachers, 
for which I have no word of chiding—that led me to some 
of the most delightful investigations of my life. It was 
his invention—the Langstroth hive—that enabled me to 
make those investigations. For one, I shall always revere 
the name of Langstroth, as a great leader in scientific api- 
culture, both in America and*throughout the world. His 
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Two-Story Langstroth Hive. 
name must ever stand beside those of Dzierzon and the 
elder Huber. “Surely this hive, which left the hands of the 
great master in so perfect a form that even the details remain 
unchanged by many, I think most, of our first bee-keepers, 
should ever bear his name. Thus though many use square 
frames like the Gallup, or deep frames, yet all are Lang- 
stroth hives. 
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