# Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual

An audiobook by L. L. Langstroth, read by LibriVox volunteers (15 h 14 min, English).

Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top opened hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving an even, approximately bee-sized space between the top of the frames holding the honeycomb and the flat coverboard lying above, he was able to quite easily remove the latter, which was normally well cemented to the frames with propolis making separation hard to achieve. Later he had the idea to use this discovery to make the frames themselves easily removable. He found that, if he left a small space (less than 1/4 inch or 6.4 mm) between the combs, or between the combs and the sides of his hives, the bees would fill it with propolis thus cementing the combs into the hive. On the other hand, when he left a larger space (more than 3/8 inch or 9.5 mm) the bees would fill it with comb which had a similar effect. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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## Chapters

0. 00 - Preface And Advertisement (8:04): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_00_langstroth_64kb.mp3
1. 01 - Ch 1: Introduction (29:45): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_01_langstroth_64kb.mp3
2. 02 - Ch 2: The Honey Bee Capable Of Being Tamed Or Domesticated To A Most Surprising Degree (10:29): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_02_langstroth_64kb.mp3
3. 03 - Ch 3: The Queen Or Mother-Bee, The Drones, And The Workers; With Various Highly Important Facts In Their Natural History, part 1 (50:15): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_03_langstroth_64kb.mp3
4. 04 - Ch 3: The Queen Or Mother-Bee, The Drones, And The Workers; With Various Highly Important Facts In Their Natural History, part 2 (1:00:24): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_04_langstroth_64kb.mp3
5. 05 - Ch. 4 Comb (21:18): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_05_langstroth_64kb.mp3
6. 06 - Ch. 5 Propolis, Or "Bee-Glue" (10:09): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_06_langstroth_64kb.mp3
7. 07 - Ch 6. Pollen, Or Bee-Bread (12:42): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_07_langstroth_64kb.mp3
8. 08 - Ch. 7 On The Advantages Which Ought To Be Found In An Improved Hive (43:33): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_08_langstroth_64kb.mp3
9. 09 - Ch. 8 Protection Against Extremes Of Heat And Cold, Sudden And Severe Changes Of Temperature, And Dampness In The Hives (36:32): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_09_langstroth_64kb.mp3
10. 10 - Ch. 9 Ventilation Of The Hive (32:09): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_10_langstroth_64kb.mp3
11. 11 - Ch. 10 (1) Natural Swarming, And Hiving Of Swarms, part 1 (35:27): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_11_langstroth_64kb.mp3
12. 12 - Ch. 10 (1) Natural Swarming, And Hiving Of Swarms, part 2 (36:24): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_12_langstroth_64kb.mp3
13. 13 - Ch. 10 (2) Artificial Swarming, part 1 (53:39): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_13_langstroth_64kb.mp3
14. 14 - Ch. 10 (2) Artificial Swarming, part 2 (50:40): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_14_langstroth_64kb.mp3
15. 15 - Ch. 10 (2) Artificial Swarming, part 3 (48:22): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_15_langstroth_64kb.mp3
16. 16 - Ch. 10 (2) Artificial Swarming, part 4 (12:18): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_16_langstroth_64kb.mp3
17. 17 - Ch. 11 The Bee-Moth, And Other Enemies Of Bees. Diseases Of Bees, part 1 (47:41): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_17_langstroth_64kb.mp3
18. 18 - Ch. 11 The Bee-Moth, And Other Enemies Of Bees. Diseases Of Bees, part 2 (33:13): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_18_langstroth_64kb.mp3
19. 19 - Ch. 12 Loss Of The Queen (33:12): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_19_langstroth_64kb.mp3
20. 20 - Ch. 13 Union Of Stocks. Transferring Bees From The Common Hive. Starting An Apiary (43:27): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_20_langstroth_64kb.mp3
21. 21 - Ch. 14 Robbing (23:11): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_21_langstroth_64kb.mp3
22. 22 - Ch. 15 Directions For Feeding Bees, part 1 (40:53): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_22_langstroth_64kb.mp3
23. 23 - Ch. 15 Directions For Feeding Bees, part 2 (25:37): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_23_langstroth_64kb.mp3
24. 24 - Ch. 16 Honey. Pasturage. Overstocking (57:24): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_24_langstroth_64kb.mp3
25. 25 - Ch. 17 The Anger Of Bees. Remedy For Their Sting. Bee-Dress. Instincts Of Bees (47:56): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_25_langstroth_64kb.mp3
26. Footnotes (9:13): https://archive.org/download/langstroth_onthe_hive_0909_librivox/langstrothonthelive_26_langstroth_64kb.mp3