"As nurse bees (young adult bees caring for developing larvae) naturally
pass from one side of the frame to the other, embedded phoretic mites are
automatically detected by the patented detection corridor. When infested
bees are detected, a brief laser pulse is activated. The laser causes the
mite exoskeleton to erupt, but leaves the nurse bee unharmed and mite free."
"automatic, works year round."
I looked all over their web site and I could not find
1. an explanation of why every single bee in the hive would pass through a single gate on a single frame
2. a shred of evidence that the device has even been tested in a bee hive
3. how those bees would be scanned for mites
4. how a laser would be employed to zap mites
5. how the thing would be powered
6. how much it would cost
7. that it even exists
PLB
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