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Re:Lithium chloride kills a honey bee parasite by a systemic... by m3kw9 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:45PM (#16170542)
One idea is to engineer micro robots with similar size and use image recognition to find these mites near nests and they go in and kick ass. Like how a few hornets can take care of thousands of bees. This is a future todo
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Re:Lithium chloride kills a honey bee parasite by a systemic... by lostlogin on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @06:45PM (#16173195)
Not robotic, but a similar hunt/kill strategy is is being tried here with a relative of the scorpion. They coexist with bees and and eat varroa. Plenty of discussion happing among the bee geeks. https://www.nzbees.net/forums/topic/1465-beekeeping-and-the-...
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