Bee antiviral compositions
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsJay D. Evans, Yanping Chen, James Tauber, Evan Palmer-Young
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Abstract
The invention relates to compositions for reducing viral load in bees, the compositions comprising at least one plant secondary metabolite and a carrier comprising at least one sweetener, kits comprising such compositions, and methods of using such compositions to reduce viral load in bees.
Claims19
A composition to reduce viral load in bees, the composition comprising at least one plant secondary metabolite, and a carrier comprising at least one sweetener;
- wherein the at least one plant secondary metabolite is at least about 100 ppm jasmonate ester derivative, at least about 0.1 mM ferulic acid, at least about 0.1 mM octanoic acid, at least about 0.1 mM tannin, or a mixture thereof;
- wherein the composition optionally comprises at least one cyclodextrin;
- and wherein ingestion of the composition by bees reduces the viral load in the bees compared to a viral load in bees not ingesting the composition.
A method of reducing viral load in a bee hive, the method comprising administering to bees, bee larvae, or a bee hive, an effective amount of a composition comprising at least one plant secondary metabolite and a carrier comprising at least one sweetener;
- the composition optionally comprising at least one cyclodextrin.
A kit for reducing viral load in bees, the kit comprising at least one plant secondary metabolite and a carrier comprising at least one sweetener;
- wherein the at least one plant secondary metabolite is at least about 100 ppm jasmonate ester derivative, at least about 0.1 mM ferulic acid, at least about 0.1 mM octanoic acid, at least about 0.1 mM tannin, or a mixture thereof wherein the composition optionally comprises at least one cyclodextrin;
- and wherein ingestion of the composition by bees reduces the viral load in the bees compared to a viral load in bees not ingesting the composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.