VARROAFORM Operational Group: Development of an effective formulation for the control and prevention of varroatosis in honeybees (Apis melifera).
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2019 -2021
- Assigned Budget 379.920,3 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Canarias; Castilla - La Mancha; Galicia
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://www.varroaform.es/
Description
Development and production of an alternative formulation to conventional pesticides based on time-controlled release formulations containing natural products with anti-varroa activity.
Objectives
- Evaluation of efficacy and possible toxicity in bees
- Reduction or total absence of residues in natural honey and other hive-derived products
- Reduce the costs for beekeepers and producers of current varroa treatments
Results
- Obtaining and characterizing the pharmaceutical and technical characteristics of several alternative formulations to conventional treatments. These formulations are non-toxic to bees and effective under real-life conditions, tested in experimental apiaries.
- Field efficacy evaluation conducted through controlled trials, assessing the concentration and dosage of active ingredients, timing of application, temperature, and evaporation pressure of the substances, among other aspects.
- The paste turned out to be, in general, the formulation with the best results and with a greater acaricidal effect, comparable to conventional treatments.
- Initial detection and quantification of residues in natural honey and other hive-derived products and obtaining anti-varroa formulations that do not generate such residues
- Final economic evaluation of the total cost of applying the product in apiaries, resulting in the prices of the experimental formulations developed in this work being more economical than those already marketed.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: FEUGA
- Coordinator/entity email: feuga@feuga.es
Collaborators
- Asociación de Apicultores de Gran Canaria (APIGRANCA)
- Asociación Unión Apicola (APICAN)
- ADS Apicultores de La Palma
- Asociación Española de Apicultores
Beneficiaries
- Fundación Empresa Universidad Gallega
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
- Universidad de Las Las Palmas de Gran Canaria de Gran Canaria de Gran Canaria
- Benigno Basteiro Rodriguez
- Urbano Gonzalez Escapa
- Agustin Arias Martinez
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