# US 2017/0280714 A1 · Compositions for and Methods of Attracting the Small Hive Beetle Aethina tumida

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- Number: US 2017/0280714 A1
- Document ID: US20170280714A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/459,704
- Filed: 2017-03-15
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-29
- Applicants: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
- Inventors: Charles J. Stuhl; Peter E. Teal
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170280714A1

## CPC

- A01N 35/02: containing aliphatically bound aldehyde or keto groups, or thio analogues thereof; Derivatives thereof, e.g. acetals
- A01N: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

## Abstract

Compositions containing 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, nonanal and decanal. Methods of attracting the small hive beetle Aethina tumida, involving treating an object or area with a small hive beetle Aethina tumida attracting effective amount of a composition containing 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, nonanal and decanal, and optionally a carrier. The composition does not contain any other compound produced by the small hive beetle Aethina tumida other than 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, nonanal and decanal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A composition comprising 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, nonanal and decanal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition does not contain any other compound produced by the small hive beetle Aethina tumida other than 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, nonanal and decanal.

### Claim 3

A method of attracting the small hive beetle Aethina tumida, said method comprising treating an object or area with a small hive beetle Aethina tumida attracting effective amount of a composition comprising 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, nonanal and decanal, and optionally a carrier.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein said composition does not contain any other compound produced by the small hive beetle Aethina tumida other than 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, nonanal and decanal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein both males and females are attracted.