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Dates: during 1996-1996
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DIED. BROTHER ADAM, 98, British beekeeper and Benedictine monk; in Buckfast, England. Sent as a boy of 12 to St. Mary's Abbey in Buckfast, German-born Brother Adam crossbred various bee stocks to produce the celebrated "Buckfast bee," a gentle, disease-resistant, prolific honey-producer. In 1991 the U.S. Department of Agriculture imported Buckfast queens to replace American bee populations killed by a viral epidemic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 16, 1996 | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

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