Obituary: professor Emeritus Ichiji Okada

摘要

Former Director of the Institute of Honeybee Science, Tamagawa University, died on 18 March, 1999. His career in Tamagawa University started in 1949 and made him a world-renowned researcher, educator and consultant for the beekeepers in Japan. Prof. Okada dedicated himself for the advancement of apicultural research and published more than ten books and 300 papers. When Tamagawa University established the Institute of Honeybee Science in 1979, he became the first director.