VI BIOGRAPHY OF L. L. LAXGSTEOTH. 



who are aware of the great debt due him by the fraternity. 

 He is to them what Dzierzon* is to German Apiarists, a master 

 whose teachings will be retained for ages. 



Mr. Langstroth was an eminent scholar. His bee library 

 was one of the most extensive in the world. He learned 

 French without a teacher, simply through his knowledge of 

 Latin, for the sole purpose of reading the many valuable 

 works on bees in the French language. He was a pleasant and 

 eloquent speaker. His writings are praised by all, and we can 

 not close his biography better than by quoting an able writer, 

 who called him the "Huber of America." 



* Pronounce Tseertsone. 



