Brother Ellis Kane is formerly Sgt. Ellis Kane, part of a unit of American Marines. When his former Captain was killed, Kane became a suspect in an episode of NCIS: Hawaii. He served multiple tours with the Marines, but it didn’t end well. He got caught up in a whole thing with a corrupt superior and helping protect a friend who was testifying against that superior and all that stuff. The exact details aren’t important, but Kane was drummed out, seemingly haunted by things he’d done and witnessed, and turned to religion. He joined a monastery at which he… you may have guessed it, became a beekeeper. And I’ll cut to the chase, he didn’t do the murder.

Kane is a highly-trained ex-military type, and was depicted as a man who had a lot of anger, though that could very well be understandable anger given he was caught up in wars and corruption. Unlike sufferers of Beekeeper Rage, this guy found peace when he kept his bees. He’s also very willing to put himself in harms way to protect an innocent friend. And I don’t know if this is typical of this kind of show, but he wound up in the climactic showdown alongside the protagonists, which shows he can still be involved in the action if needed. He’s pretty good for a Beekeeper with no supernatural abilities depicted.

Three Honeycomb out of Five. For the record, there are other monks around the monastery too. They never get any lines or are shown doing anything, though. Probably they also help keep the bees, but for all I know the whole thing is Kane’s idea.