Johann Martin Roth

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JM Roth (center of picture, hand in front of his chest), Beekeeping Course Badische Beekeeping School Eberbach 1893

Johann Martin Roth (born April 16, 1858 in Philippsburg , † February 17, 1937 in Durlach ) was a German teacher , beekeeper and the founder of Germany's first state beekeeping school in Eberbach .

Life

Johann Martin Roth aspired to a teaching position and was admitted to the teachers' seminar in 1873. After three years of training, the young teacher became involved in beekeeping, actively taking up beekeeping and joining the Baden State Beekeeping Association . He combined his practical work with specialist reading on the keeping and lifestyle of bees. "The bee newspaper became my body journal, Huber's textbook a gospel," he wrote in his memoirs. As early as 1881 Roth published his first article in the bee newspaper and took part in the general assembly of the Baden beekeeping association, which had 1,700 members at the time. His motto was: “You have to know how bees live, what is beneficial to them and what harms them.” He suggested the establishment of the Würmtal beekeeping association and took over the chairmanship there. In 1887 he was appointed hiking instructor by the Baden Regional Association.

Baden beekeeping school, apiary and teaching building, drawing by JM Roth

At the end of the 1880s, Roth developed the plan to build a beekeeping school. While the regional association rejected the project, it found support from the Grand Ducal Ministry of the Interior in Karlsruhe. At a traveling meeting of German-speaking beekeepers in Regensburg, he promoted his concept of state-supported beekeeping schools. When he was transferred to the primary school in Eberbach, he founded and directed the first state-recognized beekeeping school in Germany, which enjoyed grand-ducal support as a pilot project. Grand Duchess Luise attended the beekeeping school in her first year and advocated the participation of women. Roth's activities made Eberbach the center of beekeeping in Baden until the school was closed again in 1898.

In 1894 Roth published his "Handbook for the Badische Beekeeping School", in which he summarized the achievements of the 19th century in the beekeeping sector . Many areas of his book are still valid today. For 38 years, Roth was editor of The Bee and its Breeding. Illustrated monthly journal of the Baden State Association for Beekeeping. In 1895 he published the first year of the “Baden Beekeeping Calendar”, which was not replaced until 1935 by “The Beekeeper's Yearbook”.

The multitude of his activities in addition to a full deputate as a teacher led to breakdowns due to overwork and finally to his early retirement in 1907. Nevertheless, from 1910 on, he ran the regional association's office for five years. He died on February 27, 1936 in Durlach .

Services

Roth sat on the board of the state association for the unification of the quarreled beekeepers in Baden. He worked on improving honey sales and combating foulbrood. Some of the things that today's beekeepers take for granted, such as beekeeping insurance, uniform labeling with a seal to identify local honey, standard jars and statistical surveys of the individual associations are among his most important merits.

Honors

Roth was awarded the Royal Order (IV class) .

Fonts

  • Baden Beekeeping School: Guide for beekeeping lessons in beekeeping courses, at the same time a manual for rational beekeeping , Reiff, Karlsruhe 1894, 1st ed.
  • Badische Beekeeping School: Guide for beekeeping instruction in beekeeping courses, at the same time manual of rational beekeeping , Reiff, Karlsruhe 1897, 3rd unaltered ed.
  • With Ludwig Huber: The Baden club stock and its treatment, plus a short outline of beekeeping f. Beginners u. Less experienced beekeepers , Reiff, Karlsruhe Baden 1903
  • Bees and beekeeping in Baden: a contribution z. Cultural history d. Country; As a festive z. golden anniversary d. Bath. Landesverein f. Beekeeping , Reiff, Karlsruhe 1907
Editing:
  • The bee and its breeding: Illustrated monthly journal of the Baden State Association for Beekeeping (1893–1931)
  • Baden beekeeping calendar (1895–1934)

literature

  • Helmut Joho: Johann Martin Roth and the first Baden beekeeping school in Eberbach (1891–1897) , Eberbacher Geschichtsblatt 90 (1991), pp. 139–154.
  • Entry Roth JM in: Rudolph Jacoby: The beekeeping ABC: Lexicon of beekeeping . The Beekeeping Publishing House, 1964.
  • Ekkehard Hülsmann: Johann Martin Roth. Pioneer of education and training. In: Landesverband Badischer Beekeeper (Hrsg.): Baden specialties. Festschrift 150 years of the Badischer Beekeeper Association V. 1857 to 2007 . Appenweier 2007, pp. 16-17 and 28-29; on-line

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Johann Martin Roth. Pioneer of education and training . ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Baden specialties. Festschrift 150 years of the Baden Beekeepers' Association. Appenweier 2007. pp. 16-17. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.badische-imker.de
  2. ^ A b Benjamin Auber: Eberbach could have become a stronghold of bees , Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , October 5, 2014
  3. ^ British Bee Journal & Bee-keepers Adviser. Volume 37, 1909, p. 144.
personal data
SURNAME Roth, Johann Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, beekeeper and the founder of Germany's first state beekeeping school in Eberbach
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Philippsburg
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1937
Place of death Durlach