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3 unusual facts about Charles Dadant


Charles Dadant

By the end of the American Civil War he had nine colonies of honeybees, and traveled with his young son across the Mississippi River to sell honey and beeswax in a neighboring town.

Just as he had begun with the old European "eke" he quickly abandoned that kind of beekeeping for the modern Langstroth hive concept.

Along with Petro Prokopovych, Dadant is considered one of the founding fathers of modern beekeeping.



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