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Roger Morse in Review
Contributions to Mead and Meadmaking
by Dan McFeeley

After a long and fruitful life, University of Cornell apiculturist Dr. Roger A. Morse passed away in his sleep in May 2000. He was 72. A prolific writer, Morse had a unique gift for communicating the science of apiculture to the often harried and hard working beekeepers who had little time for sifting through the many technical journals and treatises in bee research for the practical solutions they needed. His legacy continues in his books and through his teaching influence in the graduate seminars he taught at Cornell.

A carry over of his passion for beekeeping, mead and meadmaking also occupied Morse's interests. Beginning with his graduate school research for the Masters degree at Cornell during the 1950's and continuing through the 1970's, Morse was able to make new forays into the science of honey fermentation that left a lasting impression on how many meadmakers think about the whys and hows of meadmaking. Morse maintained this interest throughout his life, writing a number of journal articles on meadmaking independently and with professor Keith Steinkraus, also from the University of Cornell, plus patenting the techniques he and Steinkraus developed for commercial meadmaking. He also wrote an introductory book on mead titled 'Making Mead' and made an appearance in the video 'The Magic of Mead' (Dauenhauer Production 1991).

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