Ohio inventions and firsts · Company innovation · 1869
A.I. Root Company and Gleanings in Bee Culture
Amos Root founded a Medina company in 1869 to make beekeeping equipment and published Gleanings in Bee Culture and the ABC of Bee Culture (1879), still in print today as The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture. At its peak it shipped four railroad cars of equipment a day. The firm became Root Candles.
At a glance
- Year
- 1869
- Company
- A.I. Root Company
- Place
- Medina, Medina County ZIP 44256 · Medina · Medina County
Why it matters
Made modern hives and equipment widely available and spread beekeeping know-how through a long-lived magazine and manual.
Sources
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