English

Noun

foulbrood ‎(uncountable)

1. A bacterial disease of bees.
   • 2007 February 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Keeping Bees Among Us”, in New York Times:

     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.

Derived terms

• American foulbrood
• European foulbrood