Dr Colin Butler, OBE, FRS

Colin Gasking Butler was born October 26, 1913, and died on January 4, 2016. He died peacefully in Cambridge, after a short illness, aged 102. He was Head of Entomology Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, 1972–1976.

Former Head of Bee and Entomology Depts. at Rothamsted Experimental Station. Past President of Royal Entomological Society. Past President of Cornwall Naturalists Trust and National Trust Regional Committee Member for Devon and Cornwall. 

He is missed by family and friends.


Books by Colin Butler

The world of the honeybee / by Colin G. Butler.1974.

Some chemical and other factors controlling the behavior of honey-bees. 1970.

Bumblebees / by John B. Free and Colin G. Butler ; with two appendices by Ian H. H. Yarrow ; illustrated with 46 photographs by Colin G. Butler. 1959.

Queen supersedure and swarming. 1958.

The scientist and the cine camera, by C. P. Abbott and Colin G. Butler. 1952]

Some observations relating to queen introduction : lecture/ by G.C. Butler.

The honeybee, an introduction to her sense-physiology and behaviour. 1949.

An introduction to beekeeping. 1947

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