BIOGRAPHY OF L. L. LANUSTROTH. V 



his invention. Tiiis 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 very beginning, his hive was adopted by such men 

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

 and Debeauvoys are now buried in oblivion. 



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

 the help of his son, engaged in 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 sCTn, and repeated attacks of a serious 

 head trouble, 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, 

 Tiis ideas were always turned toward improvements in bee- 

 culture. On the 19th of August, 1895, he wrote us, asking 

 Tjs to try 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 li3th 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, 



