Lithium chloride may be tool against honeybee parasite

German researchers say that lithium chloride “is highly effective” in killing Varroa mites, a parasite commonly listed as one of the major reasons for high mortality among the pollinating insects. “Experiments … clearly demonstrate the potential of lithium as a miticidal agent with good tolerability in worker bees providing a promising basis for the development… » Read More

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