Excerpt from The Fungi of the Bee-HiveHiggins (14) in 1858 published an account of the death of some bees, caused, it was presumed, by a fungus. His description is, unfortunately, insufficient to determine the species which made its appearance on the dead bees, and which he did not name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.