Methods for controlling mites
AssigneeSyngenta Participations AG
InventorAndre Fougeroux
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of pymetrozine, and salts and compositions thereof, as a miticide, to methods and compositions comprising pymetrozine for the control of bee mites and for the reduction of bee mite infestations, such as the control and reduction of infestations of parasitic bee mites, such as Varroa destructor in bee, preferably honey bee, colonies, and to the treatment of varroatosis in bees.
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A method of:
- (i) controlling or protecting against bee mites;
- (ii) reducing infestations of bee mites on bees or in or around their hives;
- (iii) protecting bees from attack by mites;
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- (iv) treatment of varroatosis,
- which comprises bringing the mites in their various stages of development into contact with a composition comprising pymetrozine and an agrochemically acceptable diluent or carrier.
A combination comprising (I) pymetrozine, and (II) one or more other agents suitable for use in treating bee mites, such as fluvalinate, tau-fluvalinmate, amitraz, formic acid, coumaphos, thymol and sucrose octanoate.
A device or composition comprising pymetrozine which releases the pymetrozine into a bee hive to be treated in a controlled manner so as to maintain an effective concentration of the active agent within the hive that is sufficient to kill mites that infest, or may infest, the hive.
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