I am responding to the message below. I am currently working on developing
a fungus for control of varroa, and posted a message previously, so I won't
bother to re-introduce myself.
I would disagree with whoever said that such a product will never make it
to market--I am, at least, more optimistic. I think that chances are good
you will eventually see a product, but you are right, keeping the price
resonable is one of the biggest challenges. We were once told that bee
keepers would not be willing to pay more than $1-2 for a treatment, so I am
happy to see you might be willing to pay as much as $10! Hopefully it will
not be that expensive! It is true that chemical pesticides are cheaper to
produce than fungi, so it is likely that a fungal product will cost the bee
keeper more than current pesticide strips, but hopefully not much more.
So, do not lose hope yet. The project is not dead in the water, and we are
working hard to get private industry interested.
Dr. Rosalind James
USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory
Logan, UT
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 02:55:58 -0500, Ian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>pplication can be purchased at a reasonable price since it was
>developed with taxpayers dollars.
>
>That is the whole problem right now. Private money is now needed to
>further produce and market this product. I was told by a gentleman
>actually involved in the testing this fungus, that it will never get out
into
>the market place. It costs so much to produce. And there is not a big
>enough payback to make this venture feasable. Really too bad for the
>beekeeping industry, but thats how things go. I doubt I would pay
>more than $10 for the treatment anyway, and I think most beekeeper
>would think the same.
>
>Ian
>
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