feticide

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This adaptation is preferable to using miticides to kill the parasite.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2022

To keep mites in check, most beekeepers rely on chemicals called miticides.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 7, 2022

It has underscored that it’s possible or even likely that exposure to miticides or insecticides—including neonics, which like all insecticides are designed to target insects—increases the vulnerability of bees to disease and other threats.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2017

Beekeepers treat hives with formic acid, oxalic acid and other miticides.

From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2016

Of the various miticides recently tested on pecan, a spray of parathion was the most promising.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association