. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 25 packed in dense columns so as effec- tively to cut off fhe air supply from the surrounding organs. The detailed pathology described in Mr. White's paper proved the destructive charac- ter of the parasite's habits. Thou- sands of bees had been examined from large numbers of stocks tliroughout the country and it had been found that every stock reported by reliable beekeepers or certified by the investigators themselves as suf- fering from the disease, harbored this parasite. Similarly, every individual bee, known from its st
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 25 packed in dense columns so as effec- tively to cut off fhe air supply from the surrounding organs. The detailed pathology described in Mr. White's paper proved the destructive charac- ter of the parasite's habits. Thou- sands of bees had been examined from large numbers of stocks tliroughout the country and it had been found that every stock reported by reliable beekeepers or certified by the investigators themselves as suf- fering from the disease, harbored this parasite. Similarly, every individual bee, known from its stock history and individual symptoms to be suffer- ing from this disease, was likewise found to contain these parasites and to exhibit the internal disorders which caused the disabling symp- toms. The investigators stated that they were now able to diagnose the disease in its earliest stages, while the bees were capable of flying and foraging. Infection appeared to oc- cur mainly in the hive, the conditions of the cluster making this compara- tively easy. Mites had been obtained from the outside of the bee, appar- ently on their migratory passage. The tarsonemes included several species destructive to plants and there were some which have been found in ma- lignant growths in man and in ani- mals. The bee tarsoneme, in its structure, appeared to be more close- ly allied to these last. Many bees from different countries outside Great Britain had been exam- ined, and so far Tarsonemus had not been found in these. All the evi- dence hitherto obtained points to the parasite in bees being peculiar to this country. This coincides with the general testimony regarding the in- sular character of "Isle-of-Wight" disease. The name of Isle-of-Wight disease had long been regarded as unsatisfactory, and it appeared that "Acarine" disease would be more ap- propriate. In view of the great practical inter- est shown by Mr. Wood, of Glassel, in the work of the research and of b
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