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]
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]
called the "Layens hive". The standard author abbreviation Layens is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Layens was a member...
Tableaux synoptiques des plantes vasculaires de la flore de la France. P. Dupont, Paris, 1894 (With GeorgesdeLayens (1834–1897)). Vol. II. Nouvelle Flore des...
Abdul Qadeer Khan, metallurgical engineer (b. 1935) Matheus deLayens, architect (d.1483) Georges Lemaître, astronomer (1894–1966), notable for proposing...
subsp. montanum (Schrad.) Bonnier et layens". Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental (in Catalan). Universitat de les Illes Balears. Retrieved 2009-11-06...
Crespin". Artnexus. Retrieved 2023-01-25. Virginie Chuimer-Layen, "Elias Crespin et la poésie de la cinétique", in La Gazette Drouot, n° 6, Feb. 15 2013...
hives and Langstroth hives are still dominant in the U.S.; in France the De-Layens trough hive became popular, in the UK a British National hive became standard...
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