Paralysis 



CAUSE. 



The cause of this mysterious disease — which is widely 

 prevalent in this and other countries, especially in the 

 spring — has long been a matter of conjecture, until 

 recent scientific research conducted m Sweden proved 

 it to be due to pollen moulds, the metabolic products of 

 which are now believed to be the exciting cause of the 

 disease. 



SYMPTOMS. 



Affected bees show a peculiar trembling motion of 

 their abdomens, which become swollen, and such bees 

 are unable to fly. This crawling symptom is not 

 characteristic of the disease, for it is met with in Nosema 

 and Acarine Diseases as well, and also in various unde- 

 termined disabilities of bees, but the shaking movement 

 is somewhat characteristic. The disease has the 

 mysterious feature of a sudden attack and similarly of 

 a sudden disappearance. This feature, however, is 

 easily explained once the cause is realised. The affected 

 bees are to be seen dragged out of the hive by the 

 healthy members. 



EFFECT. 



It is a fact that Paralysis is capable of rapidly weakening 

 stocks if not taken immediately in hand, such stocks 



