Georges de Layens

Georges de Layens (6 January 1834 in Lille ^[1] – 23 October 1897 in Nice) was a French botanist and apiculturalist. He was the creator of a popular mobile beehive called the "Layens hive".

Layens was a member of the Académie des sciences. From 1869 to 1874, he lived in the Dauphiné Alps, where he established an apiary. Around 1877 he founded an apiary in Louye, Eure.^[2]

Published works

He wrote or co-wrote a number of works on beekeeping and botany. With Gaston Bonnier (1853–1922), he was co-author of a book on apiculture called "Cours complet d'apiculture" and a publication on plants of northern France and Belgium titled "Nouvelle flore du Nord de la France et de la Belgique". Other publications associated with Layens include:

• Elevage des abeilles: par les procédés modernes pratique et théorie, 1882 - Beekeeping: modern procedures, practice and theory.
• Les abeilles: pratique de leur culture: miel, cire, hydromel, 1885 - Bees: their culture: honey, wax, mead.
• Le rucher illustre, erreurs à éviter et conseils à suivre, 1900 - Apiary through illustrations, mistakes to avoid and tips to follow.^[3]
• "Notice sur Georges de Layens (1834-1897)" by Gaston Bonnier.^[4]

References

1. Google Books Gleanings in Bee Culture, Volume 25
2. British Bee Journal & Bee-keepers Adviser, Volume 25 Editorial Notices, December 23, 1897
3. Berger des Abeilles (bibliography)
4. WorldCat Title Notice sur Georges de Layens (1834-1897)
5. IPNI.  Layens.

• Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Spanish Wikipedia.

External links

• Apiculture Populaire article on the Layens hive.