"Researchers lure mites away from bees"

I posted to a beekeepers' e-list, and received the following reply:

"Re: Researchers lure mites away from bees

Sat Aug 1, 2009 11:52 pm (PDT)

Emily, Interesting! Here's a bit more............

New Bait Lures Varroa Mite to its Doom / July 1, 2009 / News from the

USDA Agricultural Research Service

right from Uncle Sam.

I'll see what else I can find and post...."

On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:34 PM I wrote:

> A neighbour brought me a clipping from Ontario Farmer, Tuesday, 28

> July 2009, p. C13, top right corner: "Researchers lure mites away

> from bees. The Varroa mite....article in the Agricultural Research

> Service's latest magazine....new...control Varroa...ARS research unit

> in Gainesville, Florida, research leader Peter Teal is testing a bait-

> and-kill approach using sticky boards dosed with natural chemical

> attractants, called 'semiochemicals.' The article says that in

> nature, Varroa mites rely on the semiochemicals to locate and then

> feed on adult bees and their brood....compound will lure the

> parasites away from their intended hosts and onto the stocky boards,

> where they starve. Preliminary tests have been promising...."

> Anybody know more about this?