Conlon found that certain resistant stocks of honey bees, by downregulating
their expression of critical ecdysteroid proteins, can hamper or arrest
varroa ovulation.
Are ecdysteroids the chemical pheromones that attract mother varroa mites
to pre-capped brood? Could they be employed as a decoy target within the
hive?
Jonathan Knisely
New Haven, CT
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