BIOGRAPHY OF L. L. LANGSTROTH. T 



From the very beginning, his hive was adopted by such 

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

 Munn 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 son, and repeated attacks of a 

 serious head trouble, together with physical infirmities 

 caused by a railroad accident, compelled Mr. Langstroth to 

 abandon extensive bee-culture in 1874 ; but he has always, 

 since then, kept a few colonies on which to experiment. 



Mr. Langstroth is now "venerated" by American bee- 

 keepers, who are aware of the great debt due him by the 

 fraternity. He is to them what. Dzierzon* is to German 

 Apiarists. When his health permits him to attend one of the 

 meetings of the North American Bee-Keepers' Society, the 

 leaders of Apiculture feel proud and happy to see and to 

 hear him. 



Mr. Langstroth is an eminent scholar. His bee library is 

 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 is a pleasant and elo- 

 quent 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." 



* Fiononnce Tieerttont, 



