Émile Warré


Émile Warré was a French priest and beekeeper who published several books and invented the Warré Hive, also known as the People’s Hive.

Biography

Éloi François Émile Warré was born on May 9, 1867 in Grébault-Mesnil and died on April 20, 1951 in Tours. He was ordained as a priest on September 19, 1891 in the Diocese of Amiens and became an abbot in Mérélessart in 1897 and then in Martainneville in 1904.

Publications

He published several books based on his research:
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.

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