With bee numbers in decline in North America and Europe, pesticides have come under scrutiny as possible culprits for the increase in mortality. In particular, acaricides that are applied to hives to control the Varroa mite and the neonicotinoid insecticides that are widely used in crop protection ...
A UK biological pest control specialist has harnessed its unique delivery platform to deliver a new product to help control the Varroa mite that affects the health of honey bees.
The mite is known to transmit at least eight different viruses that can adversely affect bees, and is thought to be a ...
Researchers in Spain and the United States are working on a way control the prion epidemic affecting deer in North America. Their work will look at the means to control the stability of certain types of prions by means of selecting specific proteins.
Prions are the pathogenic agents responsible for ...
Scientists at the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have come a step closer to developing a vaccine for malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) after describing the unusual life cycle of the virus.
MCF is a leading cause of disease in American bison, which are usually infected by sheep. Vaccine ...