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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He also kept bees in the monastery garden and tried to do experiments on them but it wasn't known back then that bees mate high in the air, so his attempts to breed them were futile. Other monks were often stung or annoyed by the nasty bees so he quit beekeeping.

Source: Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart. I also visited his museum on Mendel Square, Brno.

Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers ep. 16 also mentioned that the monks were annoyed at eating peas too often but I forgot to ask at the museum if that's true.