L. L. Langstroth

L. L. Langstroth
Lorenzo Langstroth Portrait
Langstroth in 1890
Born
Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth

(1810-12-25)December 25, 1810
DiedOctober 6, 1895(1895-10-06) (aged 84)
Alma materYale University (1831)
Occupation(s)5th Pastor of the South Church, Andover, Massachusetts;
Beekeeper
Notable workInventor of the Langstroth hive
Father of American beekeeping
SpouseAnne Tucker (1812–1873)
ChildrenJames Langstroth (1837)
Anna Langstroth (1840)
Harriet A. Langstroth (1847)
Lorenzo L. Langstroth historical marker at 106 S. Front St., Philadelphia PA

Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (December 25, 1810 – October 6, 1895) was an American apiarist, clergyman, and teacher, who has been called the father of American beekeeping.[1] He recognized the concept of bee-space, a minimum distance that bees avoid sealing up. Although not his own discovery, the use of this principle allowed for the use of frames that the bees leave separate and this allowed the use of rectangular frames within the design of what is now called the Langstroth hive.[2]

  1. ^ Root, Amos Ives (1891). The ABC of Bee Culture: A Cyclopaedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-bee ... pp. 325–326. Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  2. ^ US Patent US9300A - October 5, 1852