Brother Adam- In Search of the Best Strains of Bees

Photo images are lower quality reproductions than those appearing in the original edition. However, this book is a good reading copy for those interested in a travel log of a famous beekeeper touring the Mediterranean world during a series of voyages from 1950 to 1977.

For Beekeepers interested in learning about how Brother Adam developed the Buckfast race of honeybees and the various different races of honeybees in the Buckfast pedigree, this book provides that information in quite some detail.

Interesting

Beautiful book!

This could have been a travelogue of a beekeeper. Towards the end, brother Adam states that he did over 80000 miles in a car, as well as flight and sea miles. I'm sure he must have had adventures, this was in the early 50's and in the early 60's, but he conveys almost nothing other than some general factual data about the various strains of bees and their supposed original habitat. The data on the strains of bees is fairly general and probably not that much of interest 50 years later. We now have different crossbred strains that we work from.Brother Adam does an analysis of the strains of bees at the end, but I wouldn't call it an analysis to end all analysis.Sadly, this doesn't succeed at being either a research piece or a travelogue. Its like a long report that someone turned into a short book.Brother Adam has a wealth of knowledge and a clear view for beekeeping, but it doesn't come out in this book.Thus, this book is only of interest and value to archivists in the field of beekeeping. I don't see much in it that can be extracted for today's use that isn't found in "Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey" or other books.

Great read for those interested in the Buckfast queen history. I enjoyed reading about Brother Adams travels.

Hallo,Habe das Buch Brother Adam – In Search oft he Best Strains of Bees für meinen Nachbarn erstanden der seines Zeichens schon seit Jahren Hobby Imker ist und wirklich ein Wandelndes Lexikon in der Bienen Kunde.Für jeden der sich mit der Materie befasst und befassen möchte wird früher oder Später auf dieses Buch stoßen, leider kann ich nicht viel mehr dazu sagen da ich das Buch leider nie selbst gelesen habe, aber kann ihnen von meinen Nachbarn nur ausrichten das es quasi ein Muss ist für jeden der sich für die kleinen interessiert.Würde den Artikel jederzeit wieder kaufen und kann ihn deshalb uneingeschränkt empfehlen.PS: Wenn euch meine Rezension gefallen hat würde ich mich freuen wenn ihr diese mit "Hilfreich" bewertet. Vielen Lieben Dank. :)

An excellent narrative by Brother Adams describing his trips around Europe and North Africa in search of different strains of honey bees.. A travelogue seen through the eye of a master beekeeper giving fascinating insights into the various strains of bees and forage available in different countries.Wonderful descriptions and pictures (poor quality B&W alas, but sufficient for purpose) of the local methods used for keeping bees and the problems (pests and predators) they face in each country.A remarkable book. My only downside would be that it can be a bit tedious in places, but there is no other book (that I'm aware of) that come close to matching this for it's breadth and descriptions of the various strains of Honey bees and their good and bad qualities that covers so many countries.

all good

Tenia mas expectativas puestas en el, es simplemente un diario de viaje. Yo rsperaba mas de genetica y seleccion, pero no lo hay