Johann Dzierzon used Silesian-Polish in some press publications, in his private life, and in pastoral work, alongside literary Polish.
15 Facts About Johann Dzierzon
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Johann Dzierzon was born on 16 January 1811 in the village of Lowkowitz, near Kreuzburg, where his parents owned a farm.
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Johann Dzierzon completed Polish elementary school before he was sent to a Protestant school located a mile from his village.
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In 1848 Johann Dzierzon introduced grooves into the hive's side walls, replacing the strips of wood for moving top bars.
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In 1835 Johann Dzierzon discovered that drones are produced from unfertilized eggs.
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Johann Dzierzon's paper, published in 1845, proposed that while queen bees and female worker bees were products of fertilization, drones were not, and that the diets of immature bees contributed to their subsequent roles.
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Johann Dzierzon received some hundred honorary memberships and awards from societies and organizations.
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Johann Dzierzon was an honorary member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
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Johann Dzierzon received an honorary diploma at Graz, presented by Archduke Johann of Austria.
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In 1903 Johann Dzierzon was presented to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
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Johann Dzierzon's questioning of papal infallibility caused him to be retired from the priesthood in 1869.
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From 1873 to 1902 Johann Dzierzon was in contact with the Old Catholic Church, but in April 1905 he was reconciled with the Roman Catholic Church.
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Johann Dzierzon died in Lowkowitz on 26 October 1906 and is buried in the local graveyard.
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Johann Dzierzon is considered the father of modern apiology and apiculture.
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Johann Dzierzon's works include over 800 articles, most published in Bienenzeitung but in several other scientific periodicals, and 26 books.