Originally Posted by
Jimbo
Had a quick scan of the paper. Very interesting piece of work. I think there is much more research still to be done but is very promising. The stability of the dsRNA in sucrose under hive conditions was only about 3 days and the researchers only used two dsRNA mixtures. The second mixture targeted more of the varroa genes and had a greater effect of killing the varroa so different dsRNA mixtures could have an even greater affect. There is also the issue of where this dsRNA fed to the bee ends up and if it gets eventually into honey or has it any long term affects on the bee
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