Supplement to the Journal of the Board of Agriculture, Issue 8

adult bees apiary apparently healthy appeared bacteria become infected bee-keepers bees died bombycis brood cause chyle stomach colonies combs containing spores crawling daughter meronts dead bees diseased bees diseased stocks distension districts driven bees drones dwindling dysentery epithelial cells excrement fćces healthy bees healthy stocks heavily infected hive honey important infected bees infected stocks infected with Nosema infection experiments intestinal Isle of Wight June large numbers larvć losses Maassen Malpighian tubules merogony Microsporidia Microsporidiosis nectar Nosema apis Nosema bombycis Nosema infection Nosema not found Nosema spores nuclei numbers of bees observations obtained occurs old hive organism paralysis parasite parasite-carriers pébrine planonts polar capsule polar filament pollen present probably produced queen Section showed symptoms small numbers specimens spore stage spores of Nosema spores were found sporoblast sporocyst sporoplasm spring swarm tion vacuole virulence weather Wight disease winter young bees young forms young stages G-S Zander