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Karl Kehrle

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German-born British Benedictine monk and apiculturist (1898-1996)

GermanyLived 1898 to 1996 · aged 98
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Karl Kehrle OSB OBE, 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...

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1988Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
1975Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
honorary doctor of the University of Exeter
honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala

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Karl Kehrle OSB OBE, 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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Germany
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deceased
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Lived 1898 to 1996 · aged 98
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