Roman Bee Lore

<p class=ql-align-justify>Born 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.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>After 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 atiology 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 This volume is a copy of a previously unpublished typescript dated 1922 based on his MA research which was presented by his daughter Miss I Snelgrove to the IBRA</p><p class=ql-align-justify>(Biographical information taken from Somerset Beekeepers and Beekeeping Associations by David Charles 2005)</p>