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tion, in 1851, does not profess to have been the first to have 

 invented them. Every page of his hook 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 Hone}'- 

 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 Liangstroth, as a great leader in scientific api- 

 culture, both in America and througliout the world. His 



Fig. 59. 



Two-Story La)igstrotk 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. 



