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Acknowledgments of author 2 



Apiary, diseases 30-46 



normal, bacteria found 12-30 



tabulation of micro-organisms 28 



technique for study of bacteria 7-13 



Aspergillus jMlUnis, probably not cause of ' ' pickle brood " 43, 45 



Bacillus A ( B. mesentericus f), description 13-14 



mistaken for Bacillus alvei ... ^ 3, 29, 33 



on combs in normal apiary 13, 29 



on healthy adult honeybees : 16 



alvei, confusion with BaciUus A _. 3, 29, 33 



description 36-37 



discovery 31 



distribution in infected hives 38-39, 44-45 



European foul brood produced experimentally by inoculation.. 37-38 



name wrongly given to other bacteria 33-34 



not present in Americaii foul brood 4, 32 



present in European foul brood 3, 32, 35, 44 



so-called ' ' New York bee disease " or " black brood ' ' 3 



relation with Bacillus mesentericus vulgatus 31 



B, description 15-16 



in pollen and intestine of healthy honeybees 15, 29 



cholerse suis, description 21-22 



in intestine of healthy honeybee 21, 29 



cloacpe, description 19-20 



in intestine of healthy honeybee 19, 29 



coli communis, descrijition 20-21 



in intestine of healthy honeybee 20, 29 



E, description 22-23 



in intestine of healthy honeybee 22, 29 



gaytoni, considered by some as cause of paralysis of bees 44 



larvie, description 42-43 



formerly termed Bacillus X 40 



present in American foul brood 32, 40, 42, 45 



mesentericus f (See Bacillus A . ) 



mesentericus vulgatus, relation with Bacillus alvei 31 



millii, not found in so-called ' ' black brood " 44 



subgastiicus, description 23-24 



in intestine of healthy honeybee 23, 29 



X=Bacillus larvx 40 



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