Septicaemia disease of the honeybee in Victoria

Abstract

An outbreak of a septicaemic condition of bees occurred in East Gippsland, Victoria, during the autumn, winter, and spring of 1958. The condition appears to conform generally with cases of septicaemia recorded in Canada, United States, and France. A causative organism has been isolated from septicaemic bees in Victoria which appears to fall into the type of the Pseudomonas species of Landerkin and Katznelson (1959). This organism has been proved pathogenic to bees when inoculated by dipping or injection.