Acronym
TEDI-BEE
Code
F2018/IOF-ConcepTT/456
Duration
01 May 2019 → 30 September 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Industrial Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary epidemiology
Keywords
preventive
curative
Diet
trypanosomes
sugars
insect parasites
Project description
The project aims to strengthen our patent application and business case on the use of specific sugars in diet to eradicate trypanosome parasites in bumble bees. Bumble bees are important pollinators in agriculture. Additional data is needed regarding product traceability, dosage, and side-effects on bumble bee colony level.