Roger Morse

Roger A. Morse
Roger A. Morse
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وُلِدَ	July 5, 1927; Saugerties, New York
توفي	May 12, 2000; Ithaca, New York
التعليم	Doctorate (1955)
المدرسة الأم	Cornell University
المهنة	Beekeeper and Professor
العمل البارز	Research on honey bees with regards to acarine mite, varroa mite and African small hive beetle.

Roger A. Morse, Ph.D. (July 5, 1927 - May 12, 2000) was an American bee biologist who, through his research and publications, taught the rudiments and finer practices of beekeeping. Morse was involved in research on honeybee parasites, acarine mite, varroa mite, and African small hive beetle which were introduced to the United States during his career.^{[citation needed]} He also provided guidance to the beekeeping industry on the Africanized honeybee and Pesticide misuse.^{[citation needed]}

Education and career

Morse was born in Saugerties, New York, and join the U.S. Army at age seventeen and served from 1944 to 1947. He received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1950, his masters in 1953 and his doctorate in 1955, and did postgraduate work with the State Plant Board in Gainesville, Florida.^[1] After a brief stint as assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, he returned to Cornell University where he remained until retirement. Morse taught an introductory course on beekeeping, which was available to students as an elective. He was made chairman of the entomology department in 1986, until 1989.^[1] In 1989 he was made a fellow of the Entomological Society of America, and had been a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1975.^[1] He also served as visiting professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland, the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and the University of the Philippines, Los Baños.

Morse wrote books and magazine articles. He also edited and made contributions to collective works. This is a partial list.

Contributor:

Annotated Bibliography on Varroa Jacobsoni, Tropilaelaps Clareae and Euvarroa Sinhai (IBRA Bibliography)
The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping
Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases
Making Mead Honey Wine: History, Recipes, Methods and Equipment
Morse wrote a regular column in Bee Culture magazine

Author:

Bees and Beekeeping
Honey Shows: Guidelines for Exhibitors, Superintendents, and Judges
The New Complete Guide to Beekeeping
Rearing Queen Honey Bees
Richard Archbold and the Archbold Biological Station
A Year in the Beeyard: An Expert's Month-by-Month Instructions for Successful Beekeeping

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