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end.  Guests from many countries came to his funeral on 7 th September, to pay a final tribute to the master of bee-keepers. After the Requiem Mass celebrated by the Abbot, the mourners proceeded to the nearby monastery cemetery, led by the members of the Order. The passing bell tolled one stroke for every year of Brother Adam's life, and on the 98th stroke the coffin was lowered into the grave.  Sadness, but also thankfulness, was to be seen on the faces of the mourners. The finest bee-keeper and breeder had left this life, but Brother Adam would live on in the bee-keeping world through the

September 1996

Paul Jungels
snail mail: Ewicht Gaass  1A
L-9361 Brandenbourg
Luxembourg

References:

Br. ADAM:  numerous personal communications.

Prof. ARMBRUSTER:  Archiv für Bienenkunde, 1950;

Br. ADAM:  Meine Betriebsweise, Ehrenwirth Verlag;

Br. ADAM:  Auf der Suche, C. Koch Verlag;

Br. ADAM:  Züchtung der Honigbiene, (Delta) C. Koch Verlag.

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