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impressive standing ovation ! In addition to regular meetings, there was an extensive exchange of correspondence, which ceased in the spring of 1996.

In April 1987, Brother Adam was also our guest in Luxembourg. The Bee-keepers' Association of Vianden organized a meeting of bee-keepers during which Brother Adam answered specific question from the Luxembourg bee-keepers. (Since then, he has praised the hospitality of our national airline, Luxair, because, instead of a meal, they served him on request a "double brandy of the very best French quality".)

Anyone visiting Brother Adam in Buckfast looked in vain for a monk who was resting on his laurels. He was still working at an advanced age and he knew how to make good use of his time. His mental energy also seemed inexhaustible. Brother Adam expected only the best from himself, and from his friends and colleagues. His keen, analytical mind, combined with unfaltering diligence heaped him out of almost every awkward position. His sometimes biting comments didn't always bring him friends, but he impressed even his most determined opponents with his unfailing and genuine helpfulness and his incomparably modest manner.

In the last 15-20 years, large and small groups of bee-keepers have been formed all over the world who, with gratitude and appreciation, support Brother Adam's work in one way or another. I would like to give particular mention to two of these people, because their enthusiasm and support for Brother Adam was given at the cost of enormous personal sacrifices:

Franz Fehrenbach from Ravensburg in Germany, who accompanied and assisted Brother Adam on all his later journeys - 1972: Turkey, 1976: Greece, Slovenia and Morocco, 1977: Greece, 1981: the Athos peninsula -- who lent him his car and also bore most of the expenses of these trips. Franz Fehrenbach was also one of the first to put Brother Adam's theories into practice under Mid-European conditions and make his experience available to bee-keepers in general.

Raymond Zimmer from Colmar in France and his wife, who particularly cared for Brother Adam's physical well-being. For example they both looked after him until he had completely recovered after a serious eye operation in 1989, which left him totally blind and in need of care for several months.

Brother Adam's Honors

in 1973 Queen Elisabeth created him an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

in 1974 he was honored by the German President with the "Bundesverdienstkreuz". The citation speaks of him as the most important bee-expert