Petro Prokopovych

Petro Prokopovych
Petro Prokopovych
Born
Петро Прокопович

1775
Mytchenky (Митченки), Russian Empire
Died1850 (aged 74–75)
Palchyky, Russian Empire
NationalityUkrainian
Known forFounder of commercial beekeeping

Petro Prokopovych (1775–1850, Ukrainian: Петро Прокопович) was a Ukrainian beekeeper who made revolutionary contributions to the practice.[1][2][3][4] They include the founding of commercial beekeeping and the invention of the first movable frame hive.[5] He introduced novelties in traditional beekeeping that allowed great progress in the practice. Among his most important inventions was a hive frame in a separate honey chamber of his beehive. He also invented a crude queen excluder between brood and honey chambers.[6][7] Petro Prokopovych was also the first to ever model a 'bee beard' after delineating and calculating 'bee swarm behaviour", inspiring students for generations.[8]

  1. ^ Graham, Joe. "American Bee Journal". American Bee Journal. 105. The man who was responsible for the introduction of comb honey to the markets of Europe was Petro Prokopovych , a Ukrainian beekeeper , teacher and scientist . He was born June 29 , 1775 , in the village Michenky in Ukraine .
  2. ^ Carroll, Thomas. Starting Beekeeping in Ireland - The No Nonsense Guide. ISBN 9781540128669. A Ukrainian man whom I had never heard of before called Petro Prokopovych (1775-1850) was a Ukrainian beekeeper who invented the movable frame in the early 1800's.
  3. ^ "Ukrainian Petro Prokopovych – founder of rational beekeeping". 17 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Fursov V.N. Out of the past. Petro Prokopovich remembered. Review of the Scientific Conference "Petro Prokopovich place in the world of beekeeping", January 26, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine. – The Beekeepers Quarterly (Liverpool, UK). – 2013. – Vol. 111, March. – P.49-53. (in English)".
  5. ^ "2 Hryvni Petro Prokopovych".
  6. ^ Haydak, M.H. (1957) Petro Prokopovich – Ukrainian beekeeper, teacher and scientist. American Bee Journal 97(12): 474-475
  7. ^ Crane, E. (1999) The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting. Duckworth; London, UK.
  8. ^ Mingo, Jack. Bees Make the Best Pets: All the Buzz about Being Resilient, Collaborative, Industrious, Generous, and Sweet-Straight from the Hive. Conari Press.