Isolation of the Queen Substance was first identified by Colin Butler who passed away at the age of 102 b.26th October 1913 d 4th January 2016
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Great article, Valli. Thank you for posting this.
I read this over breakfast, thanks for posting it.
He was actually a beekeeper too though it doesn’t say in the obit.
Sounds like he was a friend of Brother Adam too, which makes him a wonderful person and very likely reliable source of bee information. 
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I only happened across it as my little man 92 year old I look after was reading the paper - it has a picture of Bees that caught my eye so went and looked up the page.
Sounds like a nice Bloke to get to know.
They say beeks live longer