caption death_date death_place birth_place awards fields birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
1991 photo 01 august 1996 buckfast , devon , england , uk london , england , uk order of the british empire , german bundesverdienstkreuz apiculture 28 august 1898 developer of the buckfast bee bruder adam scad0009.jpg karl kehrle
 karl kehrle -lrb- `` brother adam '' -rrb- benedictine monk , beekeeper
karl kehrle

karl kehrle -lrb- a.k.a. `` brother adam '' -rrb- -lrb- 3 august 1898 , mittelbiberach , germany -- 1 september 1996 , buckfast , devonshire , england , uk -rrb- 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 . ''
-lrb- `` the economist '' , 14 september 1996 -rrb-
