Meanings
- obsoleterareuncountableSynonym of disappearing disease.
So I submit, that, because Miss Gayton called Cheshire's attention to the bacillus that caused our "nameless bee-disease," it might with more propriety bo termed Gayton's disease.
1894 November 15, Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 22, page 8722 more examples
During the present year a number of beekeepers, representing widely separated localities, have reported in the bee journals the appearance among their bees of a trouble, by some called 'nameless bee disease,' and by others 'trembling disease.'
1890 January 30, British Bee Journal, volume 18, page 54From the description given, I think th ere is little doubt but what these bees have what was termed 30 to 35 years ago "The Nameless Bee-Disease," but what has been known since then as "Bee-Paralysis."
1911 September 28, G. M. Doolittle, “Bee-Paralysis—A Queer Disease”, in American Bee Journal, volume 51, page 272Synonyms: disappearing disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of disappearing disease.
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