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The Buckfast bee is a breed of honey bee, a cross of many subspecies and their strains, developed by Brother Adam (born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany), who was in charge of beekeeping from 1919 at Buckfast Abbey in Devon in the United Kingdom.
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.
Buckfast is a small village near Buckfastleigh in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, on the bank of the River Dart. [1] It is the home of Buckfast Abbey , an active Benedictine monastery, which gave its name to Buckfast Tonic Wine , originally made there, and to the Buckfast bee , a bee breed originally developed at Buckfast Abbey.
In 1945, Brother Adam, the breeder of the Buckfast bee, obtained "pure native" Old Irish Black Bee queens that had survived the Acarine epidemic "from a secluded place in the far west of Ireland," from which he raised virgin Queens and then crossed them with his Buckfast drones known to be resistant to Acarine, at his isolated Closed Mating ...
A. J. Cook author of The Bee-Keepers' Guide; or Manual of the Apiary, 1876. [47] Dr. C.C. Miller was one of the first entrepreneurs to make a living from apiculture. By 1878, he made beekeeping his sole business activity. His book, Fifty Years Among the Bees, remains a classic and his influence on bee management persists into the 21st century. [48]
Beekeeping – bees are kept for their products (principally honey), and their utility in pollinating crops; Bees and toxic chemicals; Brood (honey bee) – the egg, larval, and pupal form of the bee and the comb in which they develop; Buckfast bee – a productive breed of bee suitable for damp and cloudy climes
The bees cannot fly, and often crawl on the ground and up plant stems. In some cases, the crawling bees can be found in large numbers (1000+). The bees huddle together on the top of the cluster or on the top bars of the hive. They may have bloated abdomens due to distension of the honey sac. The wings are partially spread or dislocated.
Varroa destructor on the head of bee pupa. Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) is a behavioral trait of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in which bees detect and remove bee pupae that are infested by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. V. destructor is considered to be the most dangerous pest problem for honey bees worldwide. VSH activity results in ...