Repurposing isoxazoline insecticides to control Varroa destructor populations in honey bee colonies.

BACKGROUND: The devastating honey bee (Apis mellifera) pest, Varroa destructor, has developed resistance to commonly used synthetic acaricides, such as amitraz, tau-fluvalinate, and coumaphos. To find new active ingredients that may be useful in redu…

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