---------------Original Message--------------- On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, David. E. Goble wrote: > Brother Adam was a bee researcher that was investigating the > Italian strain of bees, near the end of his life the Buckfast > bee strain was place in a number of location in the World to > make available this strain. Steady on with the past tense David, Bro. Adam was retired (at 93?) by the Abbot of Buckfast, so he now does much less work than he used to. But I'm pretty sure he's still around! I met him about 3 years ago and I'm sure I'd have heard if he wasn't. Regards, -- Gordon Scott To Gordon Scott and other Bee-liners Brother Adam is now retired. He is very frail but quite alert. He has no say or control over Buckfast beekeeping but is quietly taking a well deserved rest in a Nursing Home just down the road. The Abbey beekeeping is managed by Peter Donovan, who is not a monk but has worked the bees at Buckfast for about 40 years himself as Brother Adam's Apiary manager. Peter has asked a few local beekeepers, myself included, to help out with some routine management this season. Glyn Davies, Ashburton, Devon UK.