Karl Kehrle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German-born British Benedictine monk and apiculturist
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Place of Birth: Biberach an der Riss, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Karl Kehrle
- Karl Adam Kehrle 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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