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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
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THE BUZZ</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size=5>Varroa Trap Seems
To Work</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Alan Harman</P>
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<P>A new bait could see Varroa mites literally walking into a trap.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
scientists in Gainesville, Fla., are testing a bait-and-kill approach using
sticky boards and natural chemical attractants called semiochemicals.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> For patenting reasons, Teal won’t
reveal what the specific compounds are, other than to say they’re naturally
produced by honey bees and highly attractive to Varroa mites.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> Varroa mites rely on these
semiochemicals to locate - and then feed on - the bloodlike hemolymph of both
adult honey bees and their brood. Severe infestations can decimate an affected
hive within several months and rob the beekeeper of profits from honey or
pollinating services.</P>
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But in this case, the mites encounter a more heady bouquet of honey bee odors
that lure the parasites away from their intended hosts and onto the sticky
boards, where they starve.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> ARS Chemistry Research Unit research
leader Peter Teal reports preliminary tests of the attractant are promising.</P>
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“We are able to induce 35% to 50% of mites to drop off of bees when we present
them with either of the two attractants, and more than 60% of free mites are
attracted to these chemicals in biological tests,” Teal says.
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Teal says the extra dose of semiochemicals wafting through hives didn't appear
to significantly interfere with the honey bees' normal behavior or activity.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> The research team hopes ARS'
patenting of the Varroa mite attractants will encourage an industrial partner to
develop the technology further.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> The original report can be found at:</P>
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