Frederick Sladen

Frederick William Lambart Sladen (30 May 1876 – 10 September 1921) was a British and Canadian bee-keeper and entomologist.

After commercially producing hybrid honeybee queens for beekeepers, he moved to Canada where he worked as Dominion Apiarist in Ottawa and published several books on bee-keeping including pioneering studies on the domestication and management of bumblebees.

He wrote a book on "The Humble Bee" in 1892 at the age of sixteen which received good reviews.

He moved to build his own house in Ripple, Dover where he conducted experiments and studies on bees.

[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] He worked on bee-breeding on Duck Island in Lake Ontario and on September 10, he died from cardiac arrest while bathing on the shore leading to drowning.