TOXICITY OF SELECTED ACARICIDES TO HONEY BEES (APIS MELLIFERA) AND VARROA (VARROA DESTRUCTOR ANDERSON AND TRUEMAN) AND THEIR USE IN CONTROLLING VARROA WITHIN HONEY BEE COLONIES

The efficacies of various acaricides in order to control a parasitic mite, the Varroa mite, Varroa destructor, of honey bees, were measured in two different settings, namely, in laboratory caged honey bees and in queen-right honey bee colonies.The Varroa infestation levels before, during, and after the acaricide treatments were determined in two wa

There is discussion of expanding newborn screening (NBS) through the use of genomic sequence data; yet, challenges remain in the interpretation of DNA variants.Population-level DNA variant databases are available, and it is possible to estimate the number of newborns who would be flagged as having a risk for a genetic disease (including rare varian

Abstract Background Many people lack access to food stores that Wooden Dolls provide healthful food.Neighborhoods with poor supermarket access have been characterized as “food deserts” (as contrast with “food oases”).This study explored factors influencing food buying practices among residents of food deserts versus food oases in the city o

Abstract Background Many people lack access to food stores that Wooden Dolls provide healthful food.Neighborhoods with poor supermarket access have been characterized as “food deserts” (as contrast with “food oases”).This study explored factors influencing food buying practices among residents of food deserts versus food oases in the city o

Gaseous Elemental Mercury (Hg° or GEM) was investigated at Summit Station, Greenland, in the interstitial air extracted from the perennial snowpack (firn) at depths ranging from the Diecast Truck surface to 30 m, during summer 2005 and spring 2006.Photolytic production and destruction of Hg° were observed close to the snow surface d