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In igo7, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries deputed Mr. 

 A. D. Imms, B.A., M.Sc, to inquire into the nature and cause 

 of the disease. His report was published in the Journal of the 

 Board, June, 1907, and a further report, by Dr. Walter Maiden, 

 appeared in the Journal, February, 1909. Mr. Imms stated 

 that ihe earliest noticeable symptom of the disease is the 

 inability of the affected bees to fly more than a few yards 

 without alighting-. At a later stage the flight extends to a few 

 feet only from the hive, the bees dropping to the ground, and 

 crawling up grass stems or hive supports, and dying soon 

 after. A badly diseased bee crawls with its abdomen dragging 

 on the ground and distended beyond normal proportions. The 



Photo by American Photo Co., Croydon, 

 mg. 112. 

 BEE DISEASE IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 

 Upper comb, from centre of brood nest of diseased hiTe. Lower comb, from 

 outside of brood nest of same hiTe, showing jounf bees in aot of emerging 

 from cells. 



