Georges de Layens

Georges de Layens (January 6, 1834 in Lille [1] - October 23, 1897 in Nice) was a French botanist and apiculturalist. He was the creator of a popular mobile beehive called the "Layens hive". The standard author abbreviation Layens is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

Georges de Layens
Born6 January 1834
Lille, Nord
DiedNice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
23 October 1897
NationalityFrench
Occupationbotanist
apiculturalist
Known forCreator of 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.[3]

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.[4]
  • "Notice sur Georges de Layens (1834-1897)" by Gaston Bonnier.[5]
gollark: Well, they're related to things people know about, sure. I don't think you clarified what you meant by "spiritual understanding".
gollark: And nonanimals.
gollark: These are just slight variations on existing animals.
gollark: I don't think this is true, except in a very broadly defined sense.
gollark: If *evolution*... well, "attempts" would be anthropomorphizing it... to cross said chasm, all it can do is just throw broken ones at it repeatedly with no understanding, and select for better ones until one actually sticks.

References
  1. Google Books Gleanings in Bee Culture, Volume 25
  2. IPNI.  Layens.
  3. British Bee Journal & Bee-keepers Adviser, Volume 25 Editorial Notices, December 23, 1897
  4. Berger des Abeilles Archived 2013-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (bibliography)
  5. WorldCat Title Notice sur Georges de Layens (1834-1897)
  • Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Spanish Wikipedia.
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