Merry Christmas! Today, Dec. 25 2009, is the 199th birthday of Lorenzo Langstroth (1810-1895), inventor of the modern beehive. This begins the beginning of his Bicentennial Celebration. Many of us are planning events during the next year to commemorate his life and work. Please join in by organizing celebrations in your area. Your local beekeeping, gardening, farming, scientific, academic, and environmental communities all have a reason to celebrate. Marc Hoffman ___________________________ Send your ideas and plans to [log in to unmask] For more information and inspiration here are a few sites to visit: Announcement of organizing meeting on January 21 in Philadelphia. http://www.sciencefriday.com/blog/index.php?/archives/467-Welcome-to-the-200th-Year-Lets-Talk-Science!.html Google Group devoted to the Bicentennial Celebration http://groups.google.com/group/lll200?hl=en “Bee Man,” a one-man play about LLL’s life and works. http://www.LorenzoLangstroth.com Kim Flottum’s Catch the Buzz about the Langstroth stamp initiative. http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2009.12.22.09.43.archive.html Hive and the Honeybee Collection, Mann Library, Cornell University. Online version of Langstroth on the Hive and the Honeybee, 1853 edition. 19th century journal articles, searchable, by and about LLL. Patent 9300 available from the US Patent and Trademark Office, also on Google Patents. The movable frame beehive. Call to action by Carl Flatow: http://lll200.googlegroups.com/web/Open-letter.pdf?hl=en&gda=3Q5skkIAAACbRhgp4_wF3RG6gtDbeZpHT0NL_O1dc5H2kWQe3ZREkig9aiIH6PvGS1GZcIk7KNJV4u3aa4iAIyYQIqbG9naPgh6o8ccLBvP6Chud5KMzIQ Short Biography of Langstroth by Ophia Smith in the Ohio Historical Society Journal: http://search.ohiohistory.org/texis/search/context.html?query=pg&pr=public&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&sufs=0&order=r&cq=&cmd=context&id=4aaab1a417 # # # *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L
