Definition of "nosema" []

• Nosemosis. (noun)

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• "Researchers at the University of Illinois are working to see if the fungus known as nosema bombus caused declines in a number of related bumblebees, including the once-common Western bumblebee, the rusty-patched bumblebee, and the yellow-banded bumblebee in the Northeast."
• "New research by Spanish scientists attribute the mass disappearance of bees to a parasite called nosema ceranae, which has spread to parts of Europe, has crossed the Atlantic, and is present in Canada and Argentina."
• "Other factors include colonies that are too small; lack of food stored in the fall; another parasite called the tracheal mite; and a fungus called nosema that gets into the bee's gut and makes it less able to absorb nutrients."