Worldwide Beekeeping

General Discussion => Any and Every Thing => Topic started by: Zweefer on July 09, 2020, 10:02:59 am

Title: “Original” Langstroth Hive
Post by: Zweefer on July 09, 2020, 10:02:59 am: Not sure where this should go, so posting it here...

https://youtu.be/pkaSbBUYTSk
Title: Re: “Original” Langstroth Hive
Post by: RAST on July 09, 2020, 08:50:28 pm: Thanks, that was interesting.
Title: Re: “Original” Langstroth Hive
Post by: Zweefer on July 10, 2020, 02:04:03 am: Here is the aforementioned Hive and the honeybee (https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qad9m3xMafRphLOf3Tv-mR6xk3axBZLkw9_88qx6fThKP_WSyxjxT3jLwuT5VVJUKDz8oXKf22n0Pp_HJUBxgZa7LgMNsyJ4El28hzd5vV4-O_dVYFE5siFIQmZrAmlbHomYAHhakA4nin_Jstip9TZfel0wzA3d9U7uVdf0QJam0zuCQ3KuAt43cNYSPe9ur3Tejk0D2BG94pI-vzJNoHo0jeZF140a7LQJIm-zjRsWhAPGUC28Ct_NZVw-A9JbCHwjNVyz2oK8QCwtsrcebKBC7Mblww)
Title: Re: “Original” Langstroth Hive
Post by: Wandering Man on July 10, 2020, 01:30:46 pm: No way to add supers? Is he an actual beekeeper, or just a carpenter who's read a book? In any event, the hive is fascinating. Thanks, Zweefer.
Title: Re: “Original” Langstroth Hive
Post by: Zweefer on July 24, 2020, 01:55:21 pm: I believe the concept was to empty the supers as they fill and either put the extracted frames back, or replace with new. I agree not very practical, but just thought it would be appreciated here...
Title: Re: “Original” Langstroth Hive
Post by: neillsayers on July 26, 2020, 04:05:09 pm: Langstroth's original design was a landmark due to the concept of movable frames and "bee space". Other noteworthy beekeepers had movable frames, so he didn't invent the idea, but "bee space" was a game changer. Some of those old books talked about using a crowbar to remove brood frames. :laugh:
He had a terrible time of it, with widespread patent infringement and never really made any money off his idea. I guess his only real reward was to always be remembered by beekeepers.
Title: Re: “Original” Langstroth Hive
Post by: Zweefer on July 26, 2020, 04:49:56 pm: Whitney has the same problem with the cotton gin. The south wasn’t going to pay a yankee to revolutionize the industry.