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Emily Cain <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:35:02 -0400
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A neighbour brought me a clipping from Ontario Farmer, Tuesday, 28  
July 2009, p. C13, top right corner:  "Researchers lure mites away  
from bees.   The Varroa mite....article in the Agricultural Research  
Service's latest magazine....new...control Varroa...ARS research unit  
in Gainesville, Florida, research leader Peter Teal is testing a bait- 
and-kill approach using sticky boards dosed with natural chemical  
attractants, called 'semiochemicals.'   The article says that in  
nature, Varroa mites rely on the semiochemicals to locate and then  
feed on adult bees and their brood....compound will lure the  
parasites away from their intended hosts and onto the stocky boards,  
where they starve.  Preliminary tests have been promising...."

Anybody know more about this?

--Emily
Poodle History Project (annotated bibliography)
http://www.poodlehistory.org

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