A Few Famous Beekeepers

I stumbled across a listing of famous beekeepers, most of whom are famous for discovering something about bees or developing something pertaining to beekeeping, but I was most interested in those who were just beekeepers:

Henry Fonda - A hobbyist who gave away away his jars of honey labeled Henry's Honey. As a youngster, her earned his Eagle Scout's merit badge for beekeeping.

Peter Fonda - Actor, activist and son of Henry Fonda, starred in Ulee's Gold, about a fictional Florida beekeeper.

Brigham Young - His interest in bees led to Utah being called the Beehive State with skep hives as emblems.

Leo Tolstoy - Mentions beekeeping in War and Peace, describing the evacuation of Moscow: "Moscow was empty. It was deserted as a dying, queenless hive is deserted."

Lord Baden Powell - Founder of the Boy Scouts in England.

Maria von Trapp - Kept bees on her Vermont Farm.

Martha Stewart - A beekeeper for over twenty-five years.

Sir Edmund Hillary - A commercial beekeeper from New Zealand before scaling Mount Everest.

Thomas Jefferson - Third president of the United States as a avid beekeeper.