When Sherlock Holmes allegedly retired from detective work what primary occupation did he pursue?

After the adventure of "His Last Bow", Sherlock Holmes allegedly retired to a small farm on the Sussex Downs; and he took up beekeeping as his primary occupation.

The retirement is not dated precisely, but can be presumed to predate 1904 (since it is referred to retrospectively in "The Second Stain", first published that year). The story features Holmes and Watson coming out of retirement to aid the war effort.

Only one other adventure, "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" (narrated by Holmes), takes place during Holmes's retirement. During his career, all but one of Holmes's baffling cases is set in the Victorian or Edwardian period, taking place between about 1880 to 1914.

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John Seiple

Bees....Sting...the Police....the clues are falling into place my dear Watson.

Char

Thanks Majority I had no clue he retired

tbear

Steven Ernest Scott, shame on you! Don't be such a asshat! 👎

tbear

tesla alset, 👍😊

Steven Ernest Scott

NO KIDDING, Tesla? However did you come up with that deduction?

Cheryl McMeekin

Got it right

ninakamwene

No clue

BooBoo's Mama

lucasmats, Excellent movie! It was very enjoyable.

lucasmats

The movie, Mr. Holmes, is about an elderly Sherlock pondering over his last case. He goes to post-war Hiroshima seeking a cure for his dementia in a scene somewhat reminiscent of Hiroshima mon amour. When Mr. Holmes returns, the young boy caring for his bees, was seriously hurt by rogue wasps nesting among the hives. He tells himself "It isn't a bee. It's a wasp. Different thing entirely."