On Wed, 18 Jan 1995 09:48:34 -0500, RICHARD E BONNEY wrote:
 
>I have had a query that I cannot answer. Who was the well known
>individual (perhaps Winston Churchill) who kept bees and/or was a bee
>hunter, and who wrote a booklet about his experiences? I know there have
>been a number of well known people who kept bees but I can't bring any of
>them to mind. Can you?
>
>The question originally came from a beekeeper who gives popular bee talks
>to the public. If you have any tidbits to help make her talks even more
>interesting, we welcome them.
>
>If you have any answers, please put them on the net. A couple of other
>people have expressed interest.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dick Bonney
>[log in to unmask]
 
Dick,
as af as I know among known people e.g. Hillary - the man who first climbed
on the Mount Everest was the beekeeper. And J. G. Mendel the founder of the
basic genecic laws kept bees, too, and he made nice experiments with them.
There exists fine publication about Mendel's activities in beekeeping. But
you certainly know this. Best regards,
Vladimir Ptacek, ([log in to unmask]),
Fac. Sci., Masaryk Univ.,
637 11 Brno,
Czech Republic