Abstract
SummaryGreater numbers of bacteria are present in the honeybee rectum in the winter than in the summer. In winter the majority of the bacteria were arranged at right angles to the rectal wall and parallel to the rectal pads, but in summer these distinctive arrangements disappeared. It is suggested that in winter the rectum functions as a fermentation chamber and favours the proliferation of bacteria. Preliminary descriptions of the two main types of bacteria are given.
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