Many thought the chinese were using it to treat foulbrood disease in honeybee colonies.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Paddlefish Warning, from China] Reference

European foulbrood - similar to diarrhoea, which kills bees through body-fluid loss - but many Chinese producers are believed to overdose even healthy hives as a preventative measure, leaving potentially toxic traces in the honey harvest.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Absconding swarm, American foulbrood, Braula coeca, buff comb, Demaree ('the method of swarm control that separates the queen from most of the brood within the same hive'), supersedure ('a natural replacement of an established queen by a daughter in the same hive')—it's all here.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: BEEKEEPING TERMS.] Reference

For the last 100 years, beekeepers have experienced colony losses from bacteria, (foulbrood), mites (varroa and tracheal) and other pathogens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

American and European foulbrood in colonies of honey bees in Connecticut (Bulletin/Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station) by John F Anderson.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: How Europe Is Saving Its Bees] Reference

In particular, they are looking for American foulbrood, a bacterium disease that can wipe out 95 per cent of infected hives if they are not treated.    From Wordnik.com.  [northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star] Reference

'What this hygiene can do is control certain types of disease, particularly diseases of the brood like chalkbrood, American foulbrood and varroa mite.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Honeybees in Maryland have a new ally against American foulbrood, a bacterial disease that kills bee larvae and jumps quickly from one hive to the next.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

We've got the Langstroth hive and a couple medications for foulbrood and mites, but otherwise the process of producing honey is the same as it's been since the beginning of history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

Entomologists and microbiologists at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station say 10 percent of registered hives have a serious level of infection by the American foulbrood bacteria.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference

Its product range includes anti-varroa acaricides (Apistan (outside the USA/Canada) and Apiguard), chalkbrood and wax moth controls, and foulbrood diagnostic kits) and two health-promoting feeds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

American foulbrood bacteria.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference