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Re: Preference of Varroa for drone brood
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Charles Linder <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:16:54 -0500
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Varroa mites are attracted to its major prey, drone larvae, by methyl and ethyl esters of straight-chain fatty acids, in particular methyl palmitate. These esters were extracted from drone larvae with n-hexane and were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. 

This spring I did several experiments on mite attractants based on some previous work very similar.  Unfortunately I was not able to duplicate their results using Buytric and Iso Buytric acids.  Any papers on other potential chemicals to add to the mix would be appreciated.

Charles

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