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Title: Potential new varroa control ???
Post by: backyard warrior on January 03, 2011, 08:13:49 PM
In the new ABJ  Bayer corp. talks about a varroa control that is static electricity based that attaches itself to the bees and thus requires less of a treatment to kill the mites i hope they find a  better solution for the better  ;)
Title: Re: Potential new varroa control ???
Post by: D Coates on January 03, 2011, 08:39:49 PM
I read about this as well.  It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Title: Re: Potential new varroa control ???
Post by: G3farms on January 03, 2011, 09:07:28 PM
could we just place a scrap piece of carpet on the landing board for them to scoot their little feet on  :-D :-D
Title: Re: Potential new varroa control ???
Post by: AllenF on January 03, 2011, 09:25:00 PM
Instead of getting stung by a bee, we would get shocked by the bee.
Title: Re: Potential new varroa control ???
Post by: FRAMEshift on January 03, 2011, 09:25:29 PM
Two words:  dryer sheets.  :-D
Title: Re: Potential new varroa control ???
Post by: rdy-b on January 03, 2011, 09:30:08 PM
Quote from: backyard warrior on January 03, 2011, 08:13:49 PM
In the new ABJ  Bayer corp. talks about a varroa control that is static electricity based that attaches itself to the bees and thus requires less of a treatment to kill the mites i hope they find a  better solution for the better  ;)
this stuff has been available in the UK for a while and is not received well from beekeepers
bayer bought them-wonder if they want the rights for bees or if they have other direction for this technology-
http://www.exosect.com/pest_solutions/exomite/exomite.asp (http://www.exosect.com/pest_solutions/exomite/exomite.asp)