Current Research

Pesticides

List of chemicals, where they are commonly used, and the type of chemical (insecticide, fungicide, herbicide):
Pesticide List (Spreadsheet Format)
Pesticide List (HTML Format)

Mite Control Research Related Survey Request

"My name is Katy Evans, I am a graduate student at the University of Delaware under Dr. Deborah Delaney. I am currently working on a Master’s degree and my project focuses on helping the local beekeeping community reduce and better manage mite populations and varroa vectored viruses in a non-chemical fashion. Specifically, I will be testing the efficacy of splitting and swarming of hives to keep mites below harmful levels while increasing the overall colony survivorship. If effective this strategy will be developed into an IPM practice for beekeepers in the mid-Atlantic region and it will greatly benefit the beekeeping community in that it will reduce the amount of time and costs beekeepers must spend on varroa control treatments and alleviate the need for additional control tactics. I will be hosting field days, training sessions, and creating web-based and printed material to share my data and IPM practices with the local beekeeping community. To better design the IPM practices it is important to know how many beekeepers currently treat for mites and I have composed a survey to find out the strategies beekeepers are using to control for mites. I have uploaded a survey to the UDEL sponsored survey website Qualtrics, https://delaware.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6Sxa0ON8nGm80Lj."

Informative Articles

"Nosema ceranae Escapes Fumagillin Control"
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"Researchers ID Queens, Mysterious Disease Syndrome as Key Factors in Bee Colony Deaths"
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"Idiopathic brood disease syndrome and queen events as precursors of colony mortality..."
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"Increased Resin Collection after Parasite Challenge: A Case of Self-Medication in Honey Bees?"
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"A New Threat to Honey Bees, the Parasitic Phorid Fly"
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"Iridovirus and Microsporidian Linked to Honey Bee Colony Decline"
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