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"Dr. Reimund Schuberth" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:12:55 +0100
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Dear Jerry,
 
it is a very interesting thing, you tell us about "famous beekeepers" and what
persons have been involved with beekeeping.
Are there some anectodes about those more or less famous  beekeeping people.
You wrote, you lost your original. What do you mean by that? Did you have an
article or a book about this theme?
 
If anybody can tell me some intersting stories about those people please do
that by a personal email. I would also welcome the title of a book about that.
Thanks a lot!
 
Sincerely
 
Reimund
_______________________________
Beekeeper in Germany (Bavaria)
Queen Rearing of Carniolan Bees
Insemination Station
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Jerry J Bromenshenk schrieb:
 
> I lost my original, but here is what I remember:
>
> Famous detective.  Sherlock Holmes
>
> Famous explorer:  Sir Edmund Hillary
>
> And some wag asked why Sir Edmund climbed all of those mountains?  He was
> looking from new places to put his bees.
>
> Famous movie star:
>
> Henry Fonda (who wrote letters to the American Bee Journal)
>
> Peter Fonda, who portrayed a beekeeper in this year's critically acclaimed
> movie, Ulyee's Gold.
>
> Famous Ship Captain:  (One of the big passenger ships that sank - can't
> remember how to spell it, starts with L)  I remember joking that he
> obviously didn't go down with the ship and got a spam that ship's captains
> are the last to depart, nothing says they have to go down with the ship.
>
> Oldest record of a beekeeper (appears to be a young woman):
>
> Cave painting in La Arana Spain, believed to be 8000 yrs old.
>
> Ancient Greek and Roman beekeepers (writers, philosophers).
>
> Greek: Aristotle (writes about bees, but didn't know some basics of
> biology, suggesting he did not directly observer bees)
>
> Roman:  The following wrote about the "commercial side of the business"
>
> Cato, Varro, Columella, and Palladius.
>
> Inventors:
>
> This could go on for pages, but some of the equipment that we currently use
> is of relatively recent origin:
>
> Revd Dr. H.C.J. Dzierzon, Silesia, father of modern central European
> beekeeping,
> 91811-1906)
>
> Lorenzo Lorrain Langstroth, USA, modern beekeeping practices, 1852,
> Langstroth Hive
>
> Johannes Mehring, Germany, 1857, comb foundation
>
> Major Hruschka, Austria, 1865, extractor
>
> Moses Quinby, USA, 1866, large frame leading to Dadant frame
> 1875, modern smoker
>
> Abbe Collin, France, 1865, queen excluder
>
> E.C. Porter, USA, 1891, bee escape
>
> Charles Dadant family (Charles (1817-1902) moved to the USA from France).
> The family holds numerous patents, including crimp wired foundation.
>
> Elton J. Dyce, USA, 1935, Dyce process to produce granulated honey.
>
> Jerry J. Bromenshenk, Ph.D.
> Director, DOE/EPSCoR & Montana Organization for Research in Energy
> The University of Montana-Missoula
> Missoula, MT  59812-1002
> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
> Tel:  406-243-5648
> Fax:  406-243-4184
> http://www.umt.edu/biology/more
> http://www.umt.edu/biology/bees

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