In 1851, Reverend Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth invented a better beehive and changed beekeeping forever. The Langstroth Hive didn’t spring fully formed from one man’s imagination, but was built on a ...

"Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keepers Manual" by L. L. Langstroth. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known ...

Since the Civil War era, most beekeepers, we at The Chronicle included, keep bees in stacked wooden boxes called Langstroth hives. The simple design is named after the Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth ...

Unless you’re lucky enough to catch a swarm — not necessarily recommended for beginners — you’ll have to wait until next year to get a home hive going. Spend the months between now and next spring ...

One of the most common types of beekeeping hive is based around the Langstroth hive, first patented in the United States in 1852. While it does have some nice features like movable frames, the march ...

Few of us truly appreciate just how much the honey bee has been industrialised – and the simple yet radical invention that made that industrialisation possible. Show more Humans have valued bees for ...

Honey is sweet, sure. But bees are a sweaty job. Keeping a hive is labor of love, with an emphasis on labor. It’s been this way for 170 years, ever since a Philadelphia minister named L.L. Langstroth ...