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  • noun A synthetic pyrethroid commonly used to control varroa mites in honey bee colonies.

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Examples

  • "Chemicals such as fluvalinate and TTX target sodium channels in insects and mites, so this basic research opens the door for more applied research on chemicals to control mites and other pest insects," Dong said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • "Chemicals such as fluvalinate and TTX target sodium channels in insects and mites, so this basic research opens the door for more applied research on chemicals to control mites and other pest insects," Dong said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • "Chemicals such as fluvalinate and TTX target sodium channels in insects and mites, so this basic research opens the door for more applied research on chemicals to control mites and other pest insects," Dong said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • "Chemicals such as fluvalinate and TTX target sodium channels in insects and mites, so this basic research opens the door for more applied research on chemicals to control mites and other pest insects," Dong said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • At the root are pesticides - particularly the neonicotinoids, especially when mixed with fungicides, (as they often are), and fluvalinate

    Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Those results show unprecedented levels of fluvalinate and coumaphos - pesticides used in the hives to combat varroa mites - in all comb and foundation wax samples.

    California Literary Review 2009

  • Those results show unprecedented levels of fluvalinate and coumaphos - pesticides used in the hives to combat varroa mites - in all comb and foundation wax samples.

    California Literary Review 2009

  • An analysis of beehive wax samples and the bees themselves has found unprecedented levels of fluvalinate and coumaphos - pesticides used in the hives to combat varroa mites - as well as

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  • Those results show unprecedented levels of fluvalinate and coumaphos - pesticides used in the hives to combat varroa mites - in all comb and foundation wax samples.

    California Literary Review 2009

  • Where crops are starting to flower this insecticide should be Mavrik (tau-fluvalinate) (or Biscaya (thiacloprid) where pollen beetle resistance is confirmed) to reduce the risk to any bees foraging in the flowering crop.

    FWi - All News 2009

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