beekeeper at the Abbey and was permitted to spend some months in his home town Mittelbiberach with his niece, Maria Kehrle. From 1993 onwards, he lived a retired life back at Buckfast Abbey, and became the oldest monk of the English Benedictine Congregation. In 1995, at age 97, he moved to a nearby nursing home where he died on 1 September 1996. Awards Honorary Doctorates 1987 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 1989 Exeter University in England. Other 1973 Order of the British Empire 1974 German Bundesverdienstkreuz Further reading Brother Adam (1969). Meine Betriebsweise. Franz Ehrenwirt Verlag, München. Lesley E. Bill (1989). For the Love of Bees, the story of Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey. David and Charles Publishers, PLC; Brother Adam (1987). Breeding the Honeybee. Northern Bee Books, ; "The translation of this volume was personally supervised by Brother Adam, from the original German, originally published as Zuchtung der Honigbiene (1982). Brother Adam (1983). In Search of the Best Strains of Bees, and the results of the evaluations of the crosses and races. UK: Northern Bee Books; USA: Dadant & Sons; . References People from Biberach (district) Beekeeping pioneers English beekeepers English Benedictines 1898 births 1996 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany British Roman Catholics German Roman Catholics German emigrants to England Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom