Émile Warré (9 May 1867 – 20 April 1951) was a French
priest
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and
beekeeper
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who published several books and invented the
Warré Hive, also known as the People’s Hive.
Biography
Éloi François Émile Warré was born on 9 May 1867, in
Grébault-Mesnil and died on 20 April 1951, in
Tours
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. He was ordained as a priest on 19 September 1891, in the Diocese of
Amiens
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and became a parish priest in
Mérélessart,
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in 1897 and then in
Martainneville, Somme in 1904.
Publications
He published several books based on his research:
* ''La santé ou les Meilleurs traitements de toutes les maladies''
* ''Le Miel, ses propriétés et ses usages''
* ''L’apiculture pour tous''
* ''Le Secret de la santé, manuel des malades, des bien-portants et des gardes-malades''
Warré hive
He is best known as the inventor of the People’s Hive (). By 1948, Warré had been practicing beekeeping for over thirty years and had 350 hives in his apiary with a variety of models which he compared for over 15 years. After extensive research, he designed the People’s Hive. The goal was to create a hive that was as close to the natural conditions for the bees while remaining practical for the beekeeper. It was also designed to be built economically by anyone with simple tools and his book.
[Abbé Warré - L'Apiculture Pour Tous (12th edition) - 1948]
References
Links Italian Website on Warré Beehives
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Beekeeping pioneers
French beekeepers
French Roman Catholic priests
1867 births
1951 deaths
People from Somme (department)