"Dupin. Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes became the most famous example and remains so to this day. The detectives are often accompanied by a Dr. Watson-like assistant or narrator. However, in several of her novels where he appears, Agatha Christie gives reference to Hercule Poirot being the greatest detective in all the world. Fictional detectives generally fit one of four archetypes: Notable fictional detectives and their creators include: Fictional detectives Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction. These characters have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction, particularly in detective novels and short stories. Much of"
"(beginning with 1994's ""The Beekeeper's Apprentice""), set during the First World War and the 1920s. Her Holmes, semi-retired in Sussex, is stumbled upon by a teenaged American girl. Recognising a kindred spirit, he trains her as his apprentice and subsequently marries her. As of 2018, the series includes fifteen novels and a novella tied into a book from King's Kate Martinelli series (""The Art of Detection""). ""The Final Solution"", a 2004 novella by Michael Chabon, concerns an unnamed but long-retired detective interested in beekeeping who tackles the case of a missing parrot belonging to a Jewish refugee boy. Mitch Cullin's"
"(1927) were the last of Stratton-Porter's novels completed before her death. Both of them were written at her home on Catalina Island and published posthumously. ""The Keeper of the Bees"" is a story about a World War I veteran who regains his heath through the restorative ""power and beauty of nature."" The story was serialized in ""McCall's"" magazine from February through September 1925 and was published in book form later that year. ""The Magic Garden"", about a girl of divorced parents, was written for her two granddaughters, whose parents divorced when they were young. Filmmaker James Leo Meehan, Stratton-Porter's business"
"Cyril Beeson Cyril Frederick Cherrington Beeson CIE, D.Sc. (1889–1975) was an English entomologist and forest conservator who worked in India. Beeson was an expert on forest entomology who wrote numerous papers on insects, and whose book on Indian forest insects remains a standard work on the subject. After his retirement and return to England he became an antiquarian horologist. Beeson was born in Oxford on 10 February 1889 to Walter Thomas Beeson and Rose Eliza Beeson, ""née"" Clacey. Walter Beeson was Surveyor to St John's College, Oxford. Cyril Beeson got married to Marion Cossentine in 1922 and they had a"
"could burst at any time. The health issues finally convinced Wilson that it was time to retire, which he reluctantly did, closing his office to which many people had come for help. [3] A movie was also made on one of Wilson’s cases which were basically a fact-based story of real-life detective Kim Paris who was assigned to work undercover to find the murderers of an elderly couple who were shot in their beds. Clyde A. Wilson Clyde Wilson (1923–2008) was an American detective and private investigator. He was famous for his skills to solve difficult cases. He is regarded"
"sites such as the Doñana National Park in Andalusia; he was involved in the creation of Hong Kong's Mai Po. Bert Axell was appointed MBE in 1965. Bert Axell Herbert Ernest ""Bert"" Axell MBE (July 1, 1915– November 12, 2001) was a British naturalist and conservationist who came to prominence through his wardenships and innovations at Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) reserves. After taking medical retirement from the Post Office in 1952, he became the warden of the RSPB reserve at Dungeness, where he stayed until 1959. At Dungeness, Axell introduced innovations to assist in ringing birds,"
"millions of animals I have known"". After 50 years, 10 months and 13 days service, John Tee-Van retired from NYZS on July 5, 1962 at the age of 65. Apart from William Beebe, Tee-Van was the only member of staff to ever achieve 50 years of active service at that time. He continued on at the zoo after his retirement, returning to the Department of Tropical Research to continue his work on fishes. Tee-Van had the following species named after him; Tee-Van married Helen T. Damrosch on July 17, 1923; they had no children. Helen was an accomplished animal illustrator"
"Keeper of the Bees (1947 film) Keeper of the Bees is a 1947 American drama film directed by John Sturges. It was based on the novel by the same name, written by Gene Stratton Porter. The film was shot over three weeks. An aging apiary owner (bee-keeper) Michael Worthington meets a young ex-painter, Jamie McFarlane, on the road one day and in the process of conversation, attempts to persuade him to end his nomadic lifestyle. Jamie listens, but considers the ""Bee Master's"" advice useless. But shortly after, when Michael has a near fatal heart attack; Jamie promises to look after"
"one of Miller's great-grandchildren is still in the business of migratory beekeeping. Miller died in Colton, California on June 18, 1940. Nephi Miller Nephi Ephraim Miller (born November 24, 1873 in Providence, Cache Valley, Utah) was a pioneer in the modern practice of migratory beekeeping. Miller gained an interest in bees as a child, while living on his father's farm. Miller was to inherit his father's farm and become a farmer, but his interest in bees grew. Miller traded a few bags of oats, left over from the harvest in exchange for seven bee colonies. As the colonies grew and"
"the revelations of his falsehoods. Some colleagues even asserted that he was ""taking one for the team"" so as not to reveal the nature of his supposed CIA work. During his December 2013 deposition, Beale said that his relationship with his wife had been ""profoundly affected"" following the revelations. Beale was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland and was released on June 1, 2016. John C. Beale John Charles Beale (born 1948) is a former senior policy advisor of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Beale was convicted of felony theft of government property after it came to"
"Mrs. Ferris to admit that she has spread the rumors by letting a swarm of bees loose on her. Soon the elder Michael has recovered from his heart condition and manages to reconcile all the involved persons. He blesses the union of Jamie and Alice & gives them a cottage to live in after their marriage. In turn they decide to adopt Little Scout as their daughter thereby bringing all the bees back into the fold. Keeper of the Bees (1947 film) Keeper of the Bees is a 1947 American drama film directed by John Sturges. It was based on"
"The Adventure of the Retired Colourman ""The Adventure of the Retired Colourman"" (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as ""The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes"". Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham, Josiah Amberley, to look into his wife’s disappearance. She has left with a neighbour, Dr. Ray Ernest, taking a sizeable quantity of cash and securities. Amberley wants the two tracked down. Holmes is too busy with another case at the moment; so he sends"
"Tribal Police, is called to Yells Back Butte by Officer Benny Kinsman, only to find Hopi eagle poacher Robert Jano standing over Kinsman’s bleeding body, is the same day that Catherine Pollard, a vector analyst from the Arizona Health Department, vanishes from Yells Back (along with her Jeep) while she’s looking for fleas—particularly the fleas that may have carried the antibiotic-resistant plague germs that killed Anderson Nez. So even though ex-Lt. Joe Leaphorn has retired from the Tribal Police (""The Fallen Man"", 1996), he’s back on the job, looking for Pollard at the request of her wealthy aunt. The murder"
"The Language of Bees The Language of Bees is a 2009 mystery novel by American author Laurie R. King. Ninth in King's Mary Russell series, the story features detectives Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes. The events of the novel follow soon after those found in King's preceding novel, ""Locked Rooms"". Russell and Holmes return to their home in Sussex, England, in 1924 after seven months abroad in India, Japan and California. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes’s farm has been repeatedly swarming and a colony of bees is found to have disappeared. Action"
"Bee"" in 1976, he discovered that authorities had wrongly charged an innocent man with murder, and was instrumental in convincing detectives to drop the charges. While covering the war in Vietnam, Avery suffered a spinal fracture when a falling tree limb knocked him from atop an armored personnel carrier. Avery died of pulmonary emphysema in West Sound, Washington on December 10, 2000. Avery's family scattered his ashes in the San Francisco Bay the following June. At the time of his death, Avery was married to Margo St. James, a feminist organizer and founder of the sex worker's rights group COYOTE"
"containing some of the oldest existing beekeeping treatises, complete collections of writings by famed apiculturists such as L. L. Langstroth and Moses Quinby, and an ever-growing number of new publications. Phillips and his wife Mary Geisler Phillips, continued to work at expanding the beekeeping library at Cornell until his death in 1951. E. F. Phillips Everett Franklin Phillips (1878-1951) was an American apiculturist, scholar, and innovator in the beekeeping field. Phillips’ interest in honey bees began during his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s, after which he took on a position with the United States"
"concerning what became of Smiley by telling the audience that although he would like to think of Smiley as a Holmesian figure, never having really retired, he acknowledged that to his mind, the character would now be ""very old and getting past it—certainly in his nineties"". This accords with the later chronology. Le Carré envisaged Smiley now to be ""keeping bees somewhere"", still alive but very much retired. In 1995, le Carré said that the character of George Smiley was inspired by his one-time Lincoln College, Oxford tutor, the former Rev. Vivian Green—a renowned historian and author with an encyclopaedic"
"hibernica"" (1744). Bernard Mandeville Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (; 15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. He became famous for ""The Fable of the Bees"". Mandeville was born on 15 November 1670, at Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where his father was a prominent physician. On leaving the Erasmus school at Rotterdam he showed his ability by an ""Oratio scholastica de medicina"" (1685), and at Leiden University in 1689 he"
"record when these had once been thought impossible to keep in captivity. Ezra also kept parakeets. In 1933, a pair of fledgling Indian ring-necked parakeets were smothered in their nest by a swarm of bees. He had a pair of pink-headed ducks which were the last of their kind, now being thought extinct. Ezra married Muriel Sassoon, with whom he had two daughters, Aline and Ruth. He died at Foxwarren Park on 1 August 1955, age 82, after a lengthy illness. Alfred Ezra Alfred ""Chips"" Ezra, OBE (1872 – 1 August 1955) was a British breeder and keeper of birds."
"Slip F-18. The plaque was remounted on a movable wooden base, which is presently located inside the marina Dockmaster's Office and Gift Shop. Travis McGee Travis McGee is a fictional character, created by American mystery writer John D. MacDonald. Unlike most detectives in mystery/detective fiction, McGee is neither a police officer nor a private investigator; instead, he is a self-described ""salvage consultant"" who recovers others' property for a fee of 50%. McGee appeared in 21 novels, from ""The Deep Blue Good-by"" in 1964 to ""The Lonely Silver Rain"" in 1984. In 1980, the McGee novel ""The Green Ripper"" won the"
"to prove to the rest of the bees that the humans are ""stealing"" their honey. However, a squad of wasps arrive at the apiary to take away the bees and kill Barry but he manages to fend them off and rout them, foiling their plans. Then, Freddy the head Beekeeper manages to smoke all the bees but Barry and the other bees defeat the Beekeeper which he bumps his head on the tree. Barry and Adam chase after the car of a main defense lawyer named Layton T Montgomery, and secretly listen to a conversation between him and his associate"
"wrote ""The Mountain Mystery"", a history of plate tectonics theory, in 2014. Ron Miksha Ron Miksha (born March 30, 1954) is an American-Canadian beekeeper, scientist, and Canadian author. Miksha was born in a farm house in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, one of ten children in a poor rural family living along the edge of the Appalachian Mountains. The family survived by growing potatoes, corn, cabbage, and by keeping bees and selling honey. Miksha learned beekeeping from his parents and older brothers. In 1975, at age twenty-one, he moved to Saskatchewan, Canada to keep bees. His popular book, ""Bad Beekeeping"", describes the"
"of Ireland. William Francis de Vismes Kane William Francis de Vismes Kane ( 1840 – 1918) was an Irish entomologist Born in Exmouth, Devon Kane lived at Drumreaske Housein Monaghan. His mother was French. He was appointed Sheriff of Monaghan for 1865. Most of Kanes collecting was in Monaghan and at Favour Royal in County Tyrone but his collection contains insects from the entirety of Ireland. He also collected extensively in Europe as well as maintaining an extensive collection of world butterflies.After 1901, Kane, a leisured country gentleman, suddenly gave up entomology and left Ireland, leaving his collection to the"
"Charles Butler (beekeeper) Charles Butler (1571 – 29 March 1647), sometimes called the ""Father of English Beekeeping"", was a logician, grammarist, author, priest (Vicar of Wootton St Lawrence, near Basingstoke, England), and an influential beekeeper. He was also an early proponent of English spelling reform. He observed that bees produce wax combs from scales of wax produced in their own bodies; and he was among the first to assert that drones are male and the queen female, though he believed worker bees lay eggs. Butler was born into a poor family in Buckinghamshire, South East England, but became a boy"
"Eva Crane Eva Crane (12 June 1912 – 6 September 2007) was a researcher and author on the subjects of bees and beekeeping. Trained as a quantum mathematician, she changed her field of interest to bees, and spent decades researching bees, traveling to more than 60 countries, often under primitive conditions. Born as Ethel Eva Widdowson in London she earned a Ph.D in 1941 in nuclear physics. She became a lecturer in Physics at Sheffield University. She married James Crane, a stockbroker serving in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, in 1942. Her interest in bees began when she and her"
"Bernard Mandeville Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (; 15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. He became famous for ""The Fable of the Bees"". Mandeville was born on 15 November 1670, at Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where his father was a prominent physician. On leaving the Erasmus school at Rotterdam he showed his ability by an ""Oratio scholastica de medicina"" (1685), and at Leiden University in 1689 he produced the"
"having sex with her kids, as well. Becomes a Christian and leaves Moe after receiving a mysterious inheritance, but is killed by a weight in the end by Troy Hicks/Frosty Pete. Sheriff Dribble – a cartoon cop. Is investigating the sudden appearance of Troy Hicks and the deaths of the children in the world. Dribble is killed by Troy Hicks/Frosty Pete. Jungle Jim – a cartoon lemur. Landlord to Moe the Crow and Birdseed Betty. Becomes Birdseed Betty’s first client in order for her to stay in the house. Is killed by Birdseed Betty. Pussywhisker – a cartoon panther. Out"
"series was based on the career of the former Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Robert Fabian, who usually appeared briefly before the final fade-out to wind up the story. Bruce's last role was as the voice of Beadle in ""The Wonderful World of Disney"" from 1962-63. He fenced and boxed in the Army and was a founder member with other actors of the Lord’s Taverners, a charity which raises funds to support participation in cricket. Bruce Seton Major Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969) was a British actor and soldier. Bruce Lovat"
"focus the episode on supporting cast members. ""Zero Sum"" was the final appearance in the series by Morris Panych. In addition, the episode saw the return of the virus-carrying bees from the season-opener ""Herrenvolk"" and would later return in the 1998 feature film. At a postal routing center in Vienna, Virginia a woman is killed by a swarm of bees in the bathroom while taking a cigarette break. Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), working for The Smoking Man (William B. Davis), covers up the death by deleting the file on the case from agent Fox Mulder's (David Duchovny) computer,"
"bees are seen working together, and certain brands of honey are now ""bee-approved"". Barry becomes a member of the Pollen Jocks, helping to pollinate the world's plants. Barry is also seen running a law firm inside Vanessa's flower shop, titled ""Insects at Law"", handling disputes between animals and humans. The film ends with Barry flying off to a flower patch with the Pollen Jocks. Two teaser trailers were released for the film that feature Seinfeld dressed in a bee costume, trying to shoot the film in live-action. Eddie Izzard portrays the direction agent, and Steven Spielberg suggests to Seinfeld in"
"bureau before retiring in 2007 and would provide inspiration for fictional Detective Bunk Moreland of the HBO Drama ""The Wire"". A character named ""Oscar Requer"" appeared in the ""Transitions"" episode on the fifth season of ""The Wire"". The fictional Oscar Requer was a patrolman working a night shift and a former partner of detective Lester Freamon, and was played by Roscoe Orman. Oscar Requer Oscar ""Rick"" Requer is a former detective of the Baltimore Police Department. Requer joined the department in 1964 as a Western District patrolman who would eventually move into the department’s Homicide Unit. He was featured working"
"Charles Duncan Michener Charles Duncan Michener (September 22, 1918 – November 1, 2015) was an American entomologist born in Pasadena, California. He was a leading expert on bees, his ""magnum opus"" being ""The Bees of the World"". Much of his career was devoted to the systematics and natural history of bees. His first peer-reviewed publication was in 1934, at the age of 16. He received his B.S. in 1939 and his Ph.D. in Entomology in 1941, from the University of California, Berkeley. He remained in California until 1942, when he became an Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera at the American Museum"
"have been no more books in the series. Brett Lawless - An aptly named detective who reached the rank of detective inspector unusually fast due to his degree in biochemistry. This led to resentment from some members of the team who were skeptical of his lack of experience. However, Brett soon proved them wrong by demonstrating how his scientific knowhow could help crack cases faster. Clare Tilley - The detective sergeant who found herself paired with the new DI, Clare provides a balance to his science with her understanding of people. She is also a passionate lover of art and"