Roger A. Morse, Ph.D. (July 5, 1927 - May 12, 2000) was an American bee biologist who taught many beekeepers both the rudiments and the finer practices, through his research and publications.

Morse was extensively involved in research on each of these and provided guidance to the beekeeping industry.

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] 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.