“Original” Langstroth Hive

[Zweefer]

Not sure where this should go, so posting it here...

[RAST]

Thanks, that was interesting.

[Zweefer]

Here is the aforementioned Hive and the honeybee

[Wandering Man]

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.

[Zweefer]

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...

[neillsayers]

 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.
 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.

[Zweefer]

Whitney has the same problem with the cotton gin. The south wasn’t going to pay a yankee to revolutionize the industry.