Fluvalinate
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Fluvalinate is a synthetic pyrethroid
commonly used to control varroa mites
in honey bee
colonies.
Fluvalinate is a stable, non-volatile, fat-soluble compound. Fluvalinate effectiveness was demonstrated in France and Israel. Although the compound may be found in drones, a study has found honey samples virtually absent of fluvalinate, on account of its affinity to beeswax.
Tau-fluvalinate (τ-fluvalinate) is the trivial name for (2R)-fluvalinate.
Pyrethroid
A pyrethroid is an organic compound similar to the natural pyrethrins produced by the flowers of pyrethrums . Pyrethroids now constitute a major commercial household insecticides...
commonly used to control varroa mites
Diseases of the honeybee
- Varroa mites :Varroa destructor and Varroa jacobsoni are parasitic mites that feed off the bodily fluids of adult, pupal and larval bees.Varroa mites can be seen with the naked eye as a small red or brown spot on the bee's thorax....
in honey bee
Honey bee
Honey bees are a subset of bees in the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis...
colonies.
Fluvalinate is a stable, non-volatile, fat-soluble compound. Fluvalinate effectiveness was demonstrated in France and Israel. Although the compound may be found in drones, a study has found honey samples virtually absent of fluvalinate, on account of its affinity to beeswax.
Tau-fluvalinate (τ-fluvalinate) is the trivial name for (2R)-fluvalinate.