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Brood Diseases Of Bee, G. L. Griffiths, Lee Allan
Brood Diseases Of Bee, G. L. Griffiths, Lee Allan
Bulletins 4000 -
American foul brood (AFB) also know as American brood disease (ABD) is an infectious disease of honey bees cause by bacteria, Bacillus larvae. This bacteria forms spores which will survive many years in the environment and the bee larvae become infected by swallowing the spores with teir food. The spores then develop and multiply within the larvae.
Disease Of Bees, R S. Coleman
Disease Of Bees, R S. Coleman
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3
All beekeepers dread the appearance of disease in their hives, for it means at the least a large drop in the honey crop and at the worst, complete destruction of whole apiaries and the beekeepers' means of livelihood. Quite apart from the economic loss, beekeepers are usually men who work with bees because they like them, and naturally they do not want to see whole colonies destroyed.