1. Franz Hruschka spent his childhood in Ceske Budejovice and moved to Graz, Austria in 1827 completing elementary school and three years of secondary school.
21 Facts About Franz Hruschka
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Franz Hruschka is reassigned to the Hungarian regiment Bakonyi number 33 based in Milan under Austrian rule at the time.
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Franz Hruschka is promoted to the rank of officer cadet in 1840 and to lieutenant in 1844.
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Franz Hruschka receives the Military Merit Cross for his success during the Venezia Blockade.
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Franz Hruschka is promoted to the rank of major in 1857 and commands the unit in Legnago in the Province of Verona.
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Franz Hruschka was the daughter of Josef and Antonie Albrech and was born around 1823 in Mor.
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Franz Hruschka was keeping bees in Legnago according to his daughter Marie.
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Franz Hruschka had subscriptions to between 12 and 14 magazines.
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Franz Hruschka had moved earlier the same year to Dolo, Contrada della Bassa No 687.
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Franz Hruschka seem to have enjoyed his life in Dolo and he had extensive contacts with other beekeepers due to his fame as the inventor of the extractor in 1865.
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Franz Hruschka raised Italian queens for Germany and manufactured beekeeping equipment.
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Italy was opening up to modern beekeeping and Franz Hruschka was at the forefront of this rapid movement.
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Franz Hruschka gained significant fame in Italy and across Europe.
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Franz Hruschka experimented with bee colonies living without hives in 1866 and 1867.
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Franz Hruschka visited several other exhibits in Verona and did presented at the Comizio Agrario di Dolo that same year where he offered to help with public beekeeping courses.
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Franz Hruschka attends a beekeeping exhibit in Milan that same year.
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Franz Hruschka lived in the Palazzo Brandolin Rota which he turned into a hotel and rented.
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Franz Hruschka became a silent loner, not going anywhere for the last six years of his life.
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Franz Hruschka died on May 8,1888, of Angina pectoris in his apartment, and his funerals took place on May 11,1888.
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Franz Hruschka's first version was a simple tin box with a wire cloth bottom and a funnel-shaped bottom.
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Franz Hruschka designed a second upgraded version with a triangular frame anchored to the ground.