Bees: A way to erradicate Varroa mite?

See my latest blog re bees on 4th January 2008 - here below is the research into mites in New Zealand promised by Aussie Bob Usher - in a phone call this morning he kindly gave me permission to publicise his results on this blog and forward it to a few key organisations - it would appear the light energy he uses kills off the mite that does so much harm to the bees in this country and overseas.

Photo: From the new animated 'Bee Movie' - apparently not great but claims to help give us a new respect for bees - suggest instead the movie link about Vanishing Bees in the previous blog on bees.

Clearly more research is needed to replicate these results but it looks good - of course we should also be looking at how we can tackle the causes of the problems - like the need to de-industrialise beekeeping - as the film mentioned in the previous blog shows we are putting bees under enormous stresses - it is no wonder they succumb to mites and Bee Colony Collapse Disorder - we also need to look much more at other issues like the impact of mobile phone masts, GM crops etc.

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS WHICH ALERTED US TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF ERADICATING THE VARROA MITE.

Animals responded to treatment with the device. Race horse, Equestrian horse, both had Navicular disease, both are now normal. Equestrian horse with damaged spine now responds to rider with no pain. Collie dog: both cruciate ligaments badly damaged can now run and walk normally. West Highland terrier was almost deaf and losing sight, became normal again.

Plants showed increase in growth when under the influence of the device. Human immune system restored showing no sign of lymphoma returning.

As the bees immune system is similar to humans and animals, it stands to reason that any disease or virus the bees have contracted from Varroa mite and Nosema Ceranae would be overcome by the restored immune system. All we have to do is treat the bees in the hives and set up the devices. The bees would then recover naturally as the introduction of oxygen is the primary fuel for the recovery of their immune system, and the parasite cannot live in an oxygenated environment.

Parasites cause health problems: diarrhoea, fatigue, arthritis, anorexia.

Pathogenic Microbes invade our immune system namely parasites, viruses, bacteria, fungus, etc. As our immune system weakens our body permits organisms of opportunity to spread. Killing these organisms gives temporary respite giving our system time to heal.

Immune System: Weakening of the bees immune system allows micro organisms to invade the bees bodies and cause immune deficiency syndrome or cancer.

Bees:
1. Are susceptible to environmental stress (electro-magnetic fields)
2. Pollinators service truck haulage stresses bees.
3. Feral bees egg laying cells are approx. 4.9 mm wide Factory farm egg laying cells are approx.5.4 mm wide (bees bigger but not as strong as feral bees.)
4. Varroa mite parasite (blood sucker) transfers lethal viruses for bees through open wounds opened by mites bites.
5. Nosema Ceranae causes acute diarrhoea also affects the mid-gut of the bees Nosema Ceranae is an intestinal parasite, its spores are microscopic. They invade the cell wall of the bee with an explosive spring action depositing the spore contents into the host cells, causing Nosemosis, a parasite disease, which shortens the bees life span.

AIM

To kill Varroa destructor mites on Honey Bees, by applying the theory of Light Energy; using honey bees infected with live Varroa mites in a practical field test from a commercial apiary in Hamilton, New Zealand. Also test the effect of a non-chemical spray on the bees and mites.

RESULTS EXP. (1)

29/11/07 CHECK MITE FALL IN HOSPITAL HIVE

11 am 29/11/07 1 mite on sticky board

11 am 30/11/07 70 mites " "

11 am 1/12/07 59 mites " "

11 am 2/12/07 60 mites " "

11 am 3/12/07 43 mites " "

11 am 5/12/07 78 mites " "

Unable to further monitor mite fall ..

RESULTS EXP.(2)

26/11/07 CAUGHT 22 VARROA MITES

13 in Jar (A) set up for observation, with Light Device, only.

9 in Jar (B) " with non-chemical spray, only


27/11/07

11 am Jar(A) 9 dead mites 4 alive 69.2% dead
Jar(B) 7 " " 2 " 77.7% "

28/11/07

11 am Jar(A) 11 dead mites 2 alive 75% dead
Jar(B) 8 " " 1 " 88% "

6 pm Jar(A) 11 dead mites 2 alive 75% dead
Jar(B) 9 " " 0 " 100% "

29/11/07

8 am Jar(A) 13 dead mites 0 alive 100% dead
Jar(B) 9 " " 0 " 100% "

RESULTS EXP.3

30/11/07 SET UP PLASTIC JAR WITH 6 BEES SPRAYED WITH NON-CHEMICAL SPRAY

1/12/07 All 6 bees dead. (whoops)

RESULTS EXP.4

3/12/07 JAR(C) WITH LIGHT DEVICE
5 pm
JAR(D) NORMAL


7 pm Jar(C) 24 mites alive
Jar(D) 24 mites alive

4/12/07

7 pm Jar(C) 5 mites dead 19 alive 20.8% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

5/12/07

8 am Jar(C) 8 mites dead 16 alive 33.3% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

4 pm Jar(C) 16 mites dead 8 alive 66.7% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

6/12/07

7 am Jar(C) 20 mites dead 4 alive 83.3% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

9 am Jar(C) 21 mites dead 3 alive 87.5% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

8 pm Jar(C) 22 mites dead 2 alive 91.67% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

7/12/07

8 am Jar(C) 24 mites dead 0 alive 100% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

10am Jar(C) 24 mites dead 0 alive 100% dead
Jar(D) 0 " " 24 " 0% "

8/12/07

11 am Jar(C) 24 mites dead 0 alive 100% dead
Jar(D) 10 " " 14 " 41.67% "

9/12/07

11 am Jar(C) 24 mites dead 0 alive 100% dead
Jar(D) 14 " " 10 " 58.3.%

10/12/07

11am Jar(C) 24 mites dead 0 alive 100% dead
Jar(D) 14 " " 10 " 58.3% "

2 pm Jar(C) 24 mites dead 0 alive 100% dead
Jar(D) 15 " " 9 " 62.5% "


:: EXPERIMENT( 4 ) COULD NOT BE CONTINUED, FLIGHT BACK TO AUSTRALIA - CHECK IN 3 pm

Results clearly show:
ALL TREATED mites dead in 3 days
37.5% UNTREATED mites still alive after 8 days

CONCLUSION:

After viewing each experiment result, the results show that the Varroa Destructor mites die off due to the introduction of oxygen attracted by the Light devices, eg. Negative Ions attract + Charged Oxygen. According to information on parasites the parasites die off in oxygen-rich environments. These experiments show that this theory has worked.

Experiment (2) showed that non-chemical spray killed the Varroa mites, however also killed the bees, as shown in experiment (3), thus proving this spray not to be a viable remedy. However the spray could be used to clean hives with the bees removed, thus killing any Varroa mite eggs.

Bee Keepers opinion states Varroa mites live 3-5 days without sustenance. We proved beyond all doubt that Varroa mites are still alive after 8 days, showing mites live much longer than expected. (- maybe some could live to 10 days). On the 8th day, as we checked for dead mites with the end of our probe stick, we noticed that each of the remaining 9 mites would jump onto the end of the probe stick thinking it was a bee, due to the movement. We were unable to test the natural mite drop as we weren't initially set up for it, however it would not be hard to do.

The reason that this experiment was not possible to do at this time was that the influence of the Light devices would have been influencing the natural mite fall within a radius of 10 km., making a true 'before-and-after' test impossible.

CONCLUSION OF EXPERIMENT 1.

We observed on Day 1, 29/11/07, only 1 mite fell on to the stick board, while all the other days there were significantly more mite falls. This seems to indicate that the Light device experiment was a success, having this influence on fully nourished Varroa mites. Then the mites succumbed to the killing power of the Light devices. Thus using Light Energy as a treatment the bee larvae can be treated in the brood cell as the photons, eg. light energy, penetrates and treats all the larvae in the closed cells. From these results there are definite possibilities to eradicate the Varroa mite.

USHER INDUSTRIES PTY LTD. Research Division.
All experiments conducted precisely.