Parafoulbrood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bacterial disease of bees. uncountable

    "Parafoulbrood is extremely infectious, apparently being readily transmitted by robbing, drifting, and by the exchange of brood or honey from infected colonies."

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"Parafoulbrood is extremely infectious, apparently being readily transmitted by robbing, drifting, and by the exchange of brood or honey from infected colonies."

Etymology

From para- + foulbrood.

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