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Developing new methods for controlling deadly honeybee parasites
August 23, 2022
Video Source Credit: Simon Fraser University YouTube Channel
A new chemical treatment to help bees fight off parasitic mites.
Working with local bee keepers, Dr. Erika Plettner and team are developing a chemical compound that could paralyze or kill the parasitic varroa mites. Code named 3c36, this chemical is in its third year of field trials and is showing promising activity both in the lab and in the field. Read more about their work to protect bees in the CBC featuring beekeeper Janne Potter and Dr. Pletter: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/scientists-new-way-to-protect-bee-colonies-1.6556858
To learn more about Dr. Erika Plettner and her research group, click here.
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