Boron and Coumaphos Residues in Hive Materials Following Treatments for the Control of Aethina tumida Murray.

ABSTRACT: In the search of alternatives for controlling Aethina tumida Murray, we recently proposed the BAA trap which uses boric acid and an attractant which mimics the process of fermentation caused by Kodamaea ohmeri in the hive. This yeast is excreted in the feces of A. tumida causing the fermentation of pollen and honey of infested hives and releasing compounds that function as aggregation pheromones to A. tumida. Since the boron is the toxic element in boric acid, the aim of this article is to assess the amount of boron residues in honey and beeswax from hives treated with the BAA trap. For this aim, the amount of bioaccumulated boron in products of untreated hives was first determined and then compared with the amount of boron of products from hives treated with the BAA trap in two distinct c

SUBMITTER: Valdovinos-Flores C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4836730 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature