I am finishing my first season with two hives ready for winter. They live in Nassau County as do I, but I had a lot of help getting started from Jim Fisher (thanks, again, Jim!). On my journey this year, one topic I studied was the Rev. Langstroth. Much to my surprise, after I learned that he was born in Philadelphia, discovered "bee space" in Philadelphia and wrote his first patent in Philadelphia, I found no commemoration of him there. Before I knew it, I was on a mission to right this wrong. This has led me to develop a project to celebrate Langstroth and bee science in the year of Langstroth's 200th birthday (2010) within a bigger program to celebrate the science in our lives.
This effort includes a campaign to get the US Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp.
Please visit the program's Web site to learn more and join in.
http://scifri.org/dte/postage-due
