Buckfast Abbey.

The mixed Gothic and Romanesque nave of Buckfast Abbey

Stained glass in Buckfast Abbey. The panel is about 8 metres (26 feet) across and was designed by the monks who built the abbey

Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, Devon is one of a small number of active monasteries in Britain today. It was founded in 1018, dedicated to Saint Mary, and run by the Cistercian order from 1147 until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Today it is a Benedictine foundation. Buckfast Abbey in south Devon. ... Buckfast Abbey in south Devon. ... Download high resolution version (1175x1500, 519 KB) The nave of Buckfast Abbey. ... Download high resolution version (1175x1500, 519 KB) The nave of Buckfast Abbey. ... Stained glass in Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England. ... Stained glass in Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England. ... Buckfastleigh is a small town in Devon, England, partly within Dartmoor National Park, and on the A38. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Events Bulgaria becomes part of the Byzantine Empire. ... Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ... Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black Catholic order of monks. ... Events King Afonso I of Portugal and the Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims First written mention of Moscow. ... The Dissolution of the Monasteries (referred to by Roman Catholic writers as the Suppression of the Monasteries) was the formal process, taking place between 1536 and 1540, by which King Henry VIII confiscated the property of the Roman Catholic institutions in England and arrogated them to himself, as the new... A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of Saint Benedict, whether belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, or to one of the Anglican or Protestant churches. ...

Between 1536, when it was dissolved, and 1882, the abbey lay in ruins. Then a group of Benedictine monks arrived, lived among the ruins, and gradually re-built the abbey much as it had been. The church itself was restored by the monks themselves, in 1907-1908, under Abbot Anscar Vonier. The abbey has close links with Germany, where many of the monks came from. Nowadays the abbey is more or less self-supporting, selling wine, honey and beeswax and making tourists welcome. Its most successful product is Buckfast Tonic Wine, a strong tonic wine which the monks began making (to a German recipe) in the 1890s. The strength of "Buckfast", and its misuse, have proved to be a controversial issue for the abbey. Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Buckfast Tonic Wine, commonly known as simply Buckfast or Buckie (in Scotland), is a tonic wine produced by Buckfast Abbey in South Western England. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no connotation of homosexuality as in current-day usage. ...

Brother Adam, born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany, was in charge of the Abbey's beekeeping, but the bees were being decimated by "Isle of Wight" disease, later called "acarine" disease, after the acarine parasitic mite that invaded the bees' tracheal tubes and shortened their lives, killing off whole colonies. Brother Adam began importing resistant stock from other nations, creating a vigorous, parasite resistant hybrid honeybee known as the Buckfast bee among beekeepers. Brother Adam died in 1996. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Common diseases, parasites, pests, and ailments of the honeybee include: Varroa mite Acarine mites, formerly known as Tracheal mites American foulbrood (AFB) European foulbrood (EFB) Chalkbrood Nosema Small hive beetle Wax moths Chilled brood Stonebrood Pesticide losses Varroa mites Varroa mite on a honeybee larva Varroa destructor is a parasitic... A parasite is an organism that lives in or on the living tissue of a host organism at the expense of that host. ... Families Tetranychidae - Spider mites Eriophyidae - Gall mites Sarcoptidae - Sarcoptic Mange mites The mites and ticks, order Acarina or Acari, belong to the Arachnida and are among the most diverse and successful of all the invertebrate groups, although some way behind the insects. ... In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

External link

• Buckfast Abbey (http://www.buckfast.org.uk)