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Karl Kehrle

German-born British Benedictine monk

Died when: 98 years 29 days (1176 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Karl Kehrle

Karl Kehrle OSB OBE (3 August 1898, Mittelbiberach, Germany – 1 September 1996, Buckfast, Devonshire, England, UK), known as Brother Adam, was a Benedictine monk, beekeeper, and an authority on bee breeding, developer of the Buckfast bee. "He was unsurpassed as a breeder of bees.

He talked to them, he stroked them.He brought to the hives a calmness that, according to those who saw him at work, the sensitive bees responded to." – The Economist, 14 September 1996

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