Contact Dr. Steve Sheppard at
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Targets WA, OR, CA, ID and MT beekeepers.
Pesticide screening: Pennsylvania State University.
Contact Maryann Frazier at
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PAm has helped fund pesticide screening so that beekeepers only pay half the cost for pesticide screens. The cost to the beekeeper for coumaphos and fluvalinate in wax is $45. For a full screen of 171 pesticides, beekeepers pay $100. For information on this program, click here For instructions for sampling, click here .
Viruses: BVS-Inc., Missoula, MT
Contact Dave Wick at David Wick at
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for sampling instructions and to have your bees screened for viruses.
Nosema: Bee Alert Technologies, Missoula, MT
Contact Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk at
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Aflatoxin: pollutants, HMF, Bee Alert Technologies, Missoula, MT
Contact Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk at
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Hi-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS): USDA-ARS, Tucson
Contact Dr. Diana Sammataro at
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for evaluation of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and other HFCS contaminants. DNA microarray for all pathogens: University of California, San Francisco
This technology is in the process of development. The technology to produce microarrays commercially will be available in the public domain. Please contact Tara Christiansen at
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should you be interested in the commercialization of this technology to make it available for beekeepers.