News item: Univ of Aberdeen and DEFRA have shown proof of concept of using RNAi against varroa, by using it to "knock down" a critical metabolic enzyme. In a radio interview, the researcher, Dr Alan Bowman, suggested that the dsRNA might be able to be fed in syrup or pollen supplement, and make its way to the mites. Free download of paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933685/ We owe a note of thanks to Dr Jay Evans of the Beltsville Lab for his foresight in sequencing the varroa genome, which allowed for this sort of application. Randy Oliver Thanks to Kim Flottum for bringing this to my attention. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm