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Re: VSH equals no mites
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2018, 06:47:35 pm »
VSH has different schools of thought, literally.

Univ of Minn, Dr Spivak(sp) was developing a VHS honey bee that removed 99% of freeze killed brood by liquid nitrogen.

Univ. Of Louisiana, Baton Rough is also developing VHS by developing a honey bee that has high percentage of infertile mites (suppression of mite reproduction).  The mechanism is not known, but guessed that the bees smell and remove fertile mites.

I believe out east Univ.s were developing VHS traits in which the bees self groom, knocking the mites off the bees.  Also out East is VHS development of Mite Biter Queens in which the bees bite and kill the mites.

So generally speaking: VHS has several different schools of thought, literally, but the reduction of mites is the main goal and VHS is the accepted term although by totally different means.

While on the subject of Honey bee parasites and research, Australia is trying to isolate, develop the pheromone of the Small Hive Beetle with subsequent trapping methods.

 

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