PARALYSIS AND BEES.
TO THE. EDITOR OP "THE PBESS."
Sir,—l hasten to contradict "J.R.D.'s" absurd hypothesis, and definitely assure him that it has been demonstrated that no such connexion exists, and that we may still with impunity eat honey and smell flowers. Isle of Wight disease, or bee paralysis, is caused bya mite that lodges in the bronchial. tubes, and "so causes suffocation. There is a milder form of paralysis in bees in New Zealand, of an evanescent character; it is not microbic, but apparently due to the presence of a. monad in the intestines of the bee. Scaremongers may cause a lot of harm if not contradicted. —Yours, etc.,
. W. G. BARKER, Peel Forest, February 14th, 1925.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18309, 17 February 1925, Page 2
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