Everett Franklin Phillips

Born on November 14, 1878, Everett Franklin Phillips was an American apiculturist whose career focused on the study and improvement of beekeeping. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, then went on to build a reputation as a researcher, teacher, and writer on honey bees and bee culture.

Phillips worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture before becoming an influential professor of apiculture at Cornell University. He wrote widely on bees and beekeeping, including practical and scientific works that helped shape the field for students, researchers, and working beekeepers.

He is also remembered for collecting an extensive body of English-language literature on bees, which became part of Cornell's memorial beekeeping library in his name. Phillips died on August 21, 1951, leaving behind a lasting legacy in American beekeeping scholarship.