Foulbrood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foulbrood is a noun meaning A bacterial disease of bees.
Meaning
A bacterial disease of bees.
Example Sentences
There were problems in my dad’s day: ants, skunks, wax moths and a couple of deadly but well-known bee diseases, like foulbrood and nosema.
At times nearly all brood diseases (American foulbrood, European foulbrood, parafoulbrood, sacbrood) were thought to represent a single malady. European and American foulbroods were especially confused.
Word Forms
- foulbroods
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parafoulbrood, brood, broodnest, broodling, beeswarm, varroa.
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