{"product_id":"roman-bee-lore-snelgrove","title":"Roman Bee Lore by L. E. Snelgrove","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Had this work been published 100 years ago, as it should have been, Snelgrove would have ranked in the pantheon of great beekeeping writers, such as Cowan and Herrod-Hempsall.\" – \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Freedman FCA, FPFS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1879, Mr Snelgrove originated from Sutton Veny, near Warminster where his father was a blacksmith. He was educated at Culham College, Oxford and Bristol University. Mr Snelgrove became an assistant master at Weston-super-Mare Central School for Boys in 1900. In 1909 he became headmaster and in 1914 was appointed Inspector of Schools for Somerset Education Committee, a position he held for 31 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter several years as an evening student at Bristol University Mr Snelgrove went to Queen's University, Belfast, as a graduate. In 1907 he took an honours science degree in physics and chemistry and in 1920 was awarded a M.Sc. degree for research on the etiology of the then named \"Isle of Wight Disease of Bees\". As a result of his research in Latin literature relating to Roman Bee Lore he obtained his MA degree in 1922. This volume is a copy of a previously unpublished typescript dated 1922 based on his MA research which was presented by his daughter Miss I Snelgrove to the IBRA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Biographical information taken from Somerset Beekeepers and Beekeeping Associations by David Charles 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NORTHERN BEE BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54937498222940,"sku":"553","price":377.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0856\/5863\/2540\/files\/0553.webp?v=1754042727","url":"https:\/\/www.northernbeebooks.co.uk\/en-za\/products\/roman-bee-lore-snelgrove","provider":"NORTHERN BEE BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}