ii2 DISEASES OF BEES 



Although these are the principal maladies from 

 which bees suffer, they are by no means all. 

 Quite a number of other complaints have been 

 noted from time to time, such as Bee Paralysis, 

 which is noticeable in that it causes them to drag 

 their hind-legs along motionless, their wings 

 tremble, and they are unable to take flight. 

 From time to time bees are reported as having 

 certain strange symptoms. Many of these cases 

 have, so far, not been satisfactorily explained, and 

 although no doubt many of them are but varia- 

 tions of the others, there is no room for doubt 

 that the bee people have endemic diseases among 

 them which we do not yet fully understand. 

 Whether they do is another matter, but I see no 

 reason why there should not be doctors in the 

 community. Otherwise we must conclude that 

 those cases in which a disease has become manifest 

 and then disappeared have been merely good 

 fortune. 



