of Apiculture was established at Kluczbork. Dzierzon's house in Granice Łowkowskie (now part of Maciejów village) was also turned into a museum chamber, and since 1974 his estates have been used for breeding Krain bees. The museum at Kluczbork houses 5 thousand volumes of works and publications regarding bee keeping, focusing on work by Dzierzon, and presents a permanent exhibition regarding his life presenting pieces from collections from National Ethnographic Museum in Wrocław, and Museum of Silesian Piasts in Brzeg In 1966 a Polish-language plate was added to his German-language tombstone. Selected works Dzierzon's works include over 800 articles, most published in Bienenzeitung but also in several other scientific periodicals, and 26 books. They appeared between 1844 and 1904, in German and Polish. The most important include: 15 November 1845: Chodowanie pszczół – Sztuka zrobienica złota, nawet z zielska, in: , Issue 20, Pszczyna (Pless). 1848–1852: Theorie und Praxis des neuen Bienenfreundes. ("Theory and Practice of the Modern Bee-friend") 1851 and 1859: Nowe udoskonalone pszczelnictwo księdza plebana Dzierżona w Katowicach na Śląsku – 2006 reprint 1852: Nachtrag zur Theorie und Praxis des neuen Bienenfreundes (Appendix to "Theory and Practice"), C. H. Beck'sche Buchhandlung, Nördlingen, 1853: Najnowsze pszczelnictwo. Lwów Magazines published by Dzierzon: 1854–1856: Der Bienenfreund aus Schlesien ("The Bee-friend from Silesia") 1861–1878: Rationelle Bienenzucht ("Rational apiculture") Articles published by Dzierzon since 1844 in Frauendörfer Blätter, herausgegeben von der prakt. Gartenbau-Gesellschaft in Bayern, redigirt von Eugen Fürst ("Frauendorf News" of the Bavarian Gardeners Society) were collected by Rentmeister Bruckisch from Grottkau (Grodków) and re-published under the titles: Neue verbesserte Bienen-Zucht des Johann Dzierzon ("New improved bee-breeding, of John Dzierzon"), Brieg 1855 Neue verbesserte Bienen-Zucht des Pfarrers Dzierzon zu Carlsmarkt in Schlesien ("New improved bee-breeding, of priest Dzierzon at Carlsmarkt in Silesia"), Ernst'sche Buchhandlung, 1861 Lebensbeschreibung von ihm selbst, vom 4. August 1885 (abgedruckt im Heimatkalender des Kreises Kreuzburg/OS 1931, S. 32–28), 1885 (Dziergon's own biography, reprinted in 1931) Der Zwillingsstock ("Semi-detached beehive"), E. Thielmann, 1890 English translations: Dzierzon's rational bee-keeping; or The theory and practice of dr. Dzierzon of Carlsmarkt, Translated by H. Dieck and S. Stutterd, ed. and revised by C. N. Abbott, Published by Houlston & sons, 1882 See also List of Poles List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics Notes References Further reading L. Brożek "Jan Dzierżon. Studium monograficzne" Opole 1978 W. Kocowicz i A. Kuźba "Tracing Jan Dzierżon Passion" Poznań 1987 A. Gładysz "Jan Dzierżon, pszczelarz o światowej sławie"