The "contest" used to be sponsored by Westinghouse.  Now, Intel, I
believe. It's a national competition and very legit.  I'm sure a web
search will provide more details on the control. Perhaps the patent office
or a link provided by USA today.
 
 
 
>Carol Fassbinder of Valley Community High School  in Elgin,Iowa won the
>$20,000 fourth place scholarship for a biology project that uncovered a NEW
>control for Varroa jacobsoni.
 
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