The Buckfast bee is a breed of honey bee, a cross of many subspecies and their strains, developed by Brother Adam (born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany), who was in charge of beekeeping from 1919 at Buckfast Abbey in Devon in the United Kingdom. Breeding of the Buckfast bee is now done by breeders throughout Europe belonging to the Federation of European Buckfast Beekeepers (G.D.E.B.).[1] This organization maintains a pedigree for Buckfast bees,[2] originating from the time of Brother Adam.
In 1916, only 16 surviving colonies were left in the abbey. All of them were either Ligurian (A. m. ligustica) from Italy or Ligurian queens mated with the English black bee (a now extinct phenotype of the A. m. mellifera); by 1919 these bees too had died causing Brother Adam to import queens again from Italy and also France, from which he began to develop what would come to be known as the Buckfast bee.
^"Gemeinschaft der europäischen Buckfastimker e.V." Federation of European Buckfast beekeepers.
The Buckfastbee is a breed of honey bee, a cross of many subspecies and their strains, developed by Brother Adam (born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany)...
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in...
geographic and climatic environments; in addition, breeds such as the Buckfastbee have been bred. Behavior, colour, and anatomy can be quite different...
September 1996, Buckfast, Devonshire, England, UK), known as Brother Adam, was a Benedictine monk, beekeeper, and an authority on bee breeding, developer...
its name to Buckfast Tonic Wine, originally made there, and to the Buckfastbee, a bee breed originally developed at Buckfast Abbey. Buckfast is in the...
introduction of other bee subspecies, considered more suited to modern beekeeping, such as the A. m. carnica or the Buckfastbee, a breed of bee whose ancestry...
early 20th century by a few men, pre-eminently Brother Adam and his Buckfastbee, and R.O.B. Manley, author of books including Honey Production in the...
cubital index: 2.2 to 2.5 Brother Adam, a bee breeder and developer of the Buckfastbee, characterized the Italian bee in his book Breeding the Honeybee: From...
worker bees in a honey bee colony disappear, leaving behind a queen, plenty of food, and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees. While...
island is used by the Honey Bee Research Centre at the University of Guelph as an isolated mating station for the BuckfastBee lines maintained by the research...
symptoms were observed. Brother Adam at Buckfast Abbey developed a resistant bee breed known as the Buckfastbee, which is now available worldwide.[citation...
the breeder of the Buckfastbee breed, visited Tanzania to collect A. m. monticola bees and incorporated them into his Buckfast breeding programme, in...
from Ethiopia) (Hybrids and bee breeds, even with known ancestry, such as the Buckfastbee, are not included within the bee lineages; they are crossings...
(most likely the Apis mellifera ligustica, Apis mellifera carnica or the Buckfastbee), however the islands of Vulcano and Filicudi, which are conservation...
on honey bees and is one of the most damaging honey bee pests in the world. A significant mite infestation leads to the death of a honey bee colony, usually...
compatible with the Langstroth hive and became famous in Europe by honorable buckfastbee breeder Karl Kehrle (Brother Adam) in Devon, England. For international...
Management (IPM) plan in the fight against Varroa destructor. Beehive Buckfastbee Charles Dadant Langstroth hive Wax foundation Beekeeping in Ukraine -...
In the wild, they live as nest parasites in bee colonies and eat cocoons, pollen, and shed skins of bees, and chew through beeswax, thus the name. Beekeepers...
of the bee and the comb in which they develop Buckfastbee – a productive breed of bee suitable for damp and cloudy climes Carniolan honey bee – a gentle...
than other European honey bees. In 1945, Brother Adam, the breeder of the Buckfastbee, obtained "pure native" Old Irish Black Bee queens that had survived...
Small hive beetle can cause significant economic loss on bee colony, stored honey and package bee production. Biological control method includes uses of...
viruses affecting honey bees. While most commonly infecting the honey bee, Apis mellifera, it has also been documented in other bee species, like Bombus...
larvae, is a highly infectious honey bee brood disease. It is the most widespread and destructive of the honey bee brood diseases. It is globally distributed...
the Abbot of Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England. He is a member of the Order of Saint Benedict. In September 1970, Charlesworth joined Buckfast Abbey and the...
(1898–1996) – Benedictine Monk of Buckfast Abbey, England; beekeeper; world authority on bee breeding, developer of the Buckfastbee Mary Kenneth Keller (c. 1914...
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