No evidence to support the use of glycerol-oxalic acid mixtures delivered via paper towel for controlling Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) mites in the Southeast United States

被引：3

作者：

Bartlett, Lewis J. ^{[1
,2
]}

Baker, Christian ^{[3
]}

Bruckner, Selina ^{[3
]}

Delaplane, Keith S. ^{[1
]}

Hackmeyer, Ethan J. ^{[2
]}

Phankaew, Chama ^{[4
]}

Williams, Geoffrey R. ^{[3
]}

Berry, Jennifer A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Entomol, Athens, GA 30602 USA

[2] Univ Georgia, Ctr Ecol Infect Dis, Odum Sch Ecol, Athens, GA 30602 USA

[3] Auburn Univ, Dept Entomol & Plant Pathol, Auburn, AL 36849 USA

[4] Kasetsart Univ, Fac Agr, Dept Entomol, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE | 2023年 / 23卷 / 06期

基金：

美国食品与农业研究所;

关键词：

honey bee; varroa; oxalic acid; practitioner; extension; ACARI VARROIDAE; COLONIES;

D O I：

10.1093/jisesa/iead097

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

A significant amount of researcher and practitioner effort has focused on developing new chemical controls for the parasitic Varroa destructor mite in beekeeping. One outcome of that has been the development and testing of "glycerol-oxalic acid" mixtures to place in colonies for extended periods of time, an off-label use of the otherwise legal miticide oxalic acid. The majority of circulated work on this approach was led by practitioners and published in nonacademic journals, highlighting a lack of effective partnership between practitioners and scientists and a possible failure of the extension mandate in beekeeping in the United States. Here, we summarize the practitioner-led studies we could locate and partner with a commercial beekeeper in the Southeast of the United States to test the "shop towel-oxalic acid-glycerol" delivery system developed by those practitioners. Our study, using 129 commercial colonies between honey flows in 2017 split into 4 treatment groups, showed no effectiveness in reducing Varroa parasitism in colonies exposed to oxalic acid-glycerol shop towels. We highlight the discrepancy between our results and those circulated by practitioners, at least for the Southeast, and the failure of extension to support practitioners engaged in research.

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