in a world brimming with complexity few creatures
embody harmony like the honeybee with tireless
precision she dances from bloom to bloom each
motion guided by millennia upon millennia of
instinct each act in service to the whole and
then There are the beekeepers, watchful stewards
of this ancient symbiosis. Part agriscientist,
part poet, they move along their hives with the
efficiency of mow, levy and curly, tending to
the bee's needs as best they can comprehend,
and with the infrequency of a waterfall in the
Sahara, sometimes running off flapping and flailing
like a penguin on a hot sidewalk. This is their
journey. Welcome, welcome to Bee Love Beekeeping
presented by our great friends over at Man Lake.
On a recent episode I mentioned that Naroa, a
new Varroa treatment, had just been approved
by the EPA. I also promised that we'd get someone
from Naroa on the show. Today we'll have a conversation
with product experts from Greenlight Biosciences,
the makers of Naroa, to tell us all about it.
First from the Bee Love newsroom, so sorry for
the bad news Alaska beekeepers, but small hive
beetles have just been confirmed for the first
time in the southeastern part of your state.
It's believed that the pest came in bee packages
from Mississippi earlier in the year. So check
your hives closely and take care of the problem
before it spreads. Next, do you have any idea
what regulations your state has in place for
beekeeping? West Virginia and many other states
have local, city and county regulations that
are just all over the place. As a solution, West
Virginia's 2026 legislative session is considering
a new statewide beekeeping rights bill. The bill
is designed to protect and support beekeeping
in West Virginia by ensuring that the West Virginia
Department of Agriculture remains the sole authority
over apiary regulations. This bill prevents cities,
towns, and counties from banning or restricting
beekeeping and strengthens legal protections
for beekeepers. This measure replaces two previous
bills that just weren't quite doing the job.
Here's why the Bee Bill matters. If passed, the
Bee Bill will prevent local bans on beekeeping.
Cities, towns, and counties would no longer be
able to regulate or prohibit beekeeping. Similar
laws exist in states like Florida, Tennessee,
and Indiana, and from what I hear they're working
pretty well. The bee bill would eliminate unnecessary
licensing. Local governments could not require
beekeepers to obtain special licenses or permits
to keep honeybees. The Bee Bill would strengthen
legal protections for beekeepers. The bill raises
the legal standard for nuisance complaints against
beekeepers, making it harder for frivolous lawsuits
to disrupt responsible apiary management. And
lastly, if the bill passes, it earmarks funds
for pollinator license plates and designates
use of funds for projects related to pollinators.
good luck west virginia beekeepers we're on your
side now let's learn all about naroa the promising
new varroa treatment i'd like to welcome to the
show today eric walgren and adam pockle from
naroa hey good morning guys morning actually
morning for me i'm sure it's afternoon for you
and you guys are with Greenlight Biosciences.
We're going to hear all about it today. The latest,
greatest, bestest of all time Varroa treatment,
which is something that don't we wish there was
a Holy grail there? Yeah, that'd be nice to find
that. I want to jump into it because the thing
that I don't know really anything about is RNA
and your website says you're the first RNA based
treatment for Varroa mites. So Which ever one
of you wants to jump in what do you mean by that
what does that do and why should we like it are
any plays an important role in. Every living
organism so there's kind of a hierarchy in biology
there's DNA RNA and proteins RNA is what translates
the the. code within DNA translates that message
and tells our body what proteins to make out
of that code that's within the DNA. There's several
different types of RNAs. Several is kind of an
understatement. What everyone is probably familiar
over the last several years is mRNA, messenger
RNA. What Neuroa uses ultimately is it starts
as double stranded RNA. I'm going to try not
to get too into the weeds here. The double stranded
RNA in neuroa, the active ingredient is called
vadaskana, binds to the mRNA, the messenger RNA
that's naturally in varroa mites, and it blocks
the message that that mRNA is trying to deliver
in the varroa mite body. Because it's blocking
that message, there's a specific protein in the
body that does not get made. And because that
protein doesn't get made, ultimately the bromides
are not able to lay eggs. This process is called
RNA interference. It's a natural process that
constantly happens in every living organism.
It's how our bodies regulate themselves. It starts
natural processes, it stops them. It's how cells
regulate themselves. So we're using this natural
process to our advantage. And because of this
natural process, this time we're stopping the
process of a protein being produced. And like
I said, without that process, without that protein
in bromides, in this instance, the bromides can't
lay eggs. Okay. I'm going to give you a warning
right now up front because I'm not a scientist.
A lot of this, I don't understand that well.
So I'm going to sort of repeat some of it back
to you in English and you tell me if I get it
right. Okay. That's fine. So number one, it's
different than the COVID MRNA vaccines, which
lots of people are nervous about right now. That's
not what it is. It's also not a poison, which
is basically what most Varroa treatments are,
is we're trying to poison one bug without poisoning
the other bug, the host bug. That's correct.
Okay, I'm doing good so far. Yeah, the basic
takeaway is it's a birth control for varroa mites.
It's highly targeted at the varroa mite and we're
using a natural biological process to specifically
target a unique set of base pairs in the varroa
mite. So we are trying to figure out that magic
equation of how to target one bug and not another,
one pest and not another non -target organism.
The way we do that is through this process called
RNA interference, but essentially we're blocking
messenger RNA. I love the way you put that because
that's something I can understand. Birth control
for Varroa. Okay, so in fact the Varroa is not
actually going to be killed by what you have.
It's not going to be able to reproduce so obviously
they're going to die off after a while. You know
I'm curious how long do Varroa live? It depends
on the time of year because the trade -off between
laying eggs it takes a lot of energy so during
the brood you know the season when the bees are
brooding up, your queens are laying, the mites
are also laying eggs. Generally mites live for
a month or so because they're laying eggs and
expending a lot more energy. Overwintering when
bees are clustered up and then the mites aren't
laying eggs as well, they can live for longer
because they're not spending energy laying eggs.
They're going to live longer over the winter
just like your winter bees can live longer. Biologically
they're a little bit different so they'll live
longer too. During the summer when you're hive
is growing and the mite population is growing
with them. A month, maybe two months, their lifespan
is a lot shorter. So this actually works faster
in summer than winter? It works whenever mites
are reproducing, yeah. All right, I think I get
it. So tell me what kind of research you've done
that proves how effective it is. This has been
developed for 15 years now. We're the third company
to work on it. The trials that we've done, we
have five years worth of field trials with a
number of different commercial beekeepers in
several states actually across several countries
at this point but in the U .S. we've worked with
commercial beekeepers in several states using
thousands of colonies and we consistently show
that applied when mite levels are low because
it doesn't kill them it stops their population
so you want to apply it when that population
is low so you can maintain that and it will keep
those populations low for up to 18 weeks and
we've done that for several years now like I
said in several states so in the north like Idaho,
North Dakota, Maine, and southern states like
Florida and Georgia, and we always get the same
results. There's just a really flat population
growth for a few months until finally they've
used up what's stored in the hive. There's nothing
left to work. And then through drift, other things
where new mites are coming in that haven't been
affected, finally they'll start to reproduce,
and then we do see population growth eventually.
So if you have a bad infestation, knock it down
with something strong first and then use this
as a follow -up, a preventative. It almost sounds
like every spring we ought to just stick this
in our hives. I mean, that's the idea, right?
I mean, you don't want the damage to be done
and then have to use a knockdown and then a row.
You'd rather get in front of bromite reproduction
upfront. I mean, it works great early pre -honey
flow spring, but anytime your mites are low and
it's applied, the bees store it's delivered in
a sugar syrup pouch so the bees store that sugar
syrup into the brood nest and it gets incorporated
into brood food and that's where the mite meets
the active ingredient so as that nurse bee delivers
that larval feeding that mite squeezes in and
hides under that larvae she absorbs the active
ingredient and through absorbing that active
ingredient through submersion it does that process
we talked about where it shuts down her ability
to lay eggs to your point like you said There's
certainly times when you can knock the population
down with a traditional miticide. We've done
trials like that in the fall last year and it
worked great. I'm doing the same trial right
now in southern states and we saw really positive
results with that. Beekeepers are going to have
great ideas. They're going to figure out how
it works in their operations. We've had a lot
of people, you can just see the wheels turning
of how they can incorporate it at different times
and how it would help their operation, be it
in the fall, commercial operations, going into
almond pollination. midsummer dirts, all sorts
of different ways that they kind of come up with
ideas of how it would benefit them. Is it safe
with honey supers on? It's safe. We have a tolerance
exemption, so it's safe to be in honey. But because
it's in a sugar syrup, the mites get exposed
through brood food. You want to apply it without
supers so that they'll store it down in the brood
boxes. Now, The bees will empty those pouches
in just a day or so and then like any other syrup
that you feed to them, they'll move it around
and they'll store it within a week and then you
can put supers on after that. So what we've been
telling people is treat it like any other syrup
that you'd provide to them through your feeders.
Once that feeder is empty, give it a week, 10
days, whatever you're comfortable and then you
can put your supers on after that. So tell me
exactly how the application works. You mentioned
put it on top of the supers. What does it look
like? Is it a bag? Is it one of these cardboard
strips? It's a sugar syrup pouch with a decal
adhesed to it and then it has a tab you pull
and it exposes perforations underneath that the
bees put their proboscis in and suck the syrup
down. So it's designed to be applied it can be
applied on the bottom board or on top of the
frames but if you do put it on top of the frames
you need to use a spacer. So this sounds really
safe, but I get why you don't want to use it
with honey supers on. Are there any other side
effects that we need to know about or concerns
that we should have with it? It's so targeted
that it doesn't have any effect on the pupae,
the larvae, or the adult bees or the queens.
The only thing to think about is from a strategy
perspective is that high mite load and it's not
killing mites. But what it's doing is it's interrupting
that growth of the varroa mite. So when applied
At the right times of year, it equates to that
four and a half months of control with one application,
but there's no harm to the bees. Now you two
guys personally, are you also beekeepers or just
scientists? I'm a beekeeper, yeah. I actually
met Greenlight Biosciences three years ago as
a beekeeper. They had bees on their corporate
campus and I worked for a company that managed
bees on corporate campuses. About 600 colonies
up and down the East Coast. Greenlight Biosciences
was one of those partners, and so I was leading
hive tours showing, you know, the employees of
the company, the honey, the queen, the brood,
all the good stuff. During one of my hive tours,
unknown to me, everyone on the hive tour was
an entomologist. I would have been much more
nervous if I knew that, but I was leading the
hive tour, and one of the participants starts
pointing out bromites on the frame as I'm holding
it up. So I asked her if she was a beekeeper,
and she said, no, I'm not a beekeeper. And I
go, well, how do you know what bromides are?
And she says, well, we count them in my lab.
And I go, okay, can I talk to you after the hive
tour? So I talked to her and I learned about
the technology like three years ago. So I started
following them on LinkedIn and the rest is history.
Cool. And Adam, you're the scientist. Yeah. So
I was an apiary inspector, found out about green
light and what they were doing. And then I was
just really excited about the technology and
when I had a chance to come on. I just got really
excited about that. But yes, I'm a beekeeper
too. So I actually got a bottle. Eric and I are
going to do a honey swap. I don't know if you
can see it. So I got a bottle of my honey here.
It's not picking up with the background, but
I got it here so I don't forget to pack it for
the next conference that we're both going to
be at. So speaking of conferences, where can
we see you guys if we want to meet you and ask
a bunch of questions in person? Next is Montana.
I'm in Montana tomorrow, leaving tomorrow for
Montana. We'll be in right now, Oregon. Texas,
California, AHPA, ABF, North American Honey Bee
Expo. I'm sure I'm forgetting some. The full
list is on our website, neuroa .com. So with
a lot of treatments that are out there, you can't
use them above 80 degrees Fahrenheit or something
like that. And there's dangers, there's reasons
for that. Even things that we consider to be
pretty safe for bees like oxalic acid. We're
told, wear all this protective gear. What do
we have to do for neuroa? So neuroa is different
than anything we've had for use as beekeepers.
There is no temperature restrictions. Any working
temperature, you can work your bees, you can
apply neuroa. It's so safe that actually there's
no special PPE needed to apply it. If you're
a beekeeper that doesn't bee keep with gloves
or you don't bee keep with a veil, there's no
special PPE to apply it. That is pretty nice.
There's no temperature restrictions either. Whatever
temperature you work your bees in whether that's
Well any temperature restrictions that's safe
for working bees. So 50 degrees 105 degrees anywhere
in between you can apply it storage temperatures.
We just say room temperature You don't want to
keep it above a hundred degrees long term So,
you know, don't just keep it out in some shed
where it's gonna you know, if you're in in Texas
or Florida and it's your sheds gonna be a hundred
and 50 degrees for weeks on end. Don't keep it
out there, but keep it in your garage. Keep it
on a shelf in your basement or something. It
can be in a hot vehicle all day long while you're
out working your bees. That's no problem for
a day. Just long -term you don't want to let
it be really hot. Then it can start to degrade.
Cold is no problem. We've done freezing studies
to make sure that if it does freeze it'll thaw
just fine. That's not a problem. That was definitely
something I thought about living in North Dakota.
We think about things freezing all the time.
no temperature restrictions and it has a two
-year shelf life. So if you buy some now and
you don't use it all up, it'll be just fine next
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that are all kinds of beekeepers, including some
that are treatment -free beekeepers. So of course
they're going to be hesitant to use anything,
but can you maybe give them some reasons why
they should consider this? One of the things
I talk about is many of the reasons why treatment
-free beekeepers are approaching it is because
they're having to deal with the mitigating the
risks of putting other products that could harm
the bees into the colony. So Naroa is a completely
different angle. It's not affecting the bees
at all. It's not even killing the mites. It's
biologically interrupting the Varroa mite's ability
to reproduce. So if the concern from the treatment
-free side is safety and not having to worry
about killing your queen or harming the brood
or them cannibalizing eggs or pulling brood,
none of that happens with Naroa. So you might
feel comfortable with it even if you're quote
treatment -free. talk all why I think treatment
-free is not a great strategy, but that's, you
know, everyone's going to do what they need to
do. Some, some people that are treatment -free
are very experienced beekeepers. But if the,
if the concern from the treatment is not putting
an acid or a synthetic chemical into the colony,
a neuro is neither of those. It's not an acid
or a synthetic chemical. It's a new biological
target. Good way to put it. Adam, you had something?
Yeah, there's, I know that we've had some people
express concerns that this is something that's
GMO. or something like that. And that's also
not the case. This isn't anything that's changing
the genetic makeup of rural mites. It's not touching
anything like that. It's, like I said, it's just
working with everything that's already available
within the mites biology. It breaks down super
fast. There's no residues really within even
a couple of weeks of introducing it into the
hive. It's not an organic treatment. We're not
getting organically certified, but it's all kind
of organically made. a fairly natural process.
Everything's derived from yeast, basically. I
can't tell you how chemistry is not my strong
suit. But the best I can tell you is that it
all originates from yeast. So we're not incorporating
a whole bunch of other bacteria, a whole bunch
of dangerous things as we make this. So it's
all kind of yeast -derived. It's like an RNA
you'd find in food you eat, with the unique nucleotides
that target the bromide. But we eat RNA every
time we eat, every time we drink something. We
interact with nucleotides. all the time in our
day -to -day activities. This is more like an
RNA that you would consume as a human with the
addition of a target that the burrow might attach
to that. Okay, there's something I didn't warn
you guys of ahead of time. As beekeepers, there's
something that we like to do on this show. For
the guests that come on, I like to give them
a chance to tell one of their most fun, wild,
and crazy, painful, embarrassing, or whatever
beekeeping stories that they've had can either
of you think of one god there's more i've had
i've had so many probably hundreds just pick
one or two i guess always one that i probably
the most stings i've ever taken in one single
sitting was when a thunderstorm rolled in and
i had like six or seven supers high and i was
going down to do a mite wash so i had all the
supers scattered on this one hive and i was about
ready to do a mite wash and then the storm just
started cracking and the thunder cracked and
I don't usually be keep with anything but a veil
but man I learned my lesson that day to always
carry a full suit with me because I got stung
more than I could count. So they reacted to the
storm and just went crazy on you? They did yeah
there's nothing I could do no amount of smoke
I basically just had to run for the truck. Did
you count how many stings? You know how you tell
yourself stories, but you know, I never really
counted, but I always say like a hundred, enough
to get my heart pounding, but I don't really
know exactly the number. Yeah. All right, Adam,
your turn. Oh, I'm going with a happy one. I'm
trying to decide which one. I've got two in mind.
Coming, spending a lot of time as an apiary inspector.
I like to do a lot of education outreach. I work
with the local zoo science museum, managing hives
there. I've started getting my son into beekeeping.
He goes out with me. you always kind of wonder
how much your kids are listening to you when
you're telling them stuff and how much they're
just kind of nodding along and saying okay dad.
Last year he was in second grade last year and
got to do kind of a show and tell thing and he
wanted to wear his his beekeeping suit for his
show and tell. That was his thing was his beekeeping
suit and it's supposed to be like a little five
or ten minute thing where the class gets to ask
him questions about it they show it off and that's
it. So I went there to help him put it on because
he kind of struggles to get his veil on himself.
And it turned into a 45 minute Q &A about honeybees.
Nothing about him, all about honeybees. It was
like he was doing a master class on beekeeping.
And these second graders were asking awesome
questions about honeybees and beekeeping and
asking about the queen and what happens if this
happens. What do you do if this happens? What
about this? And the questions that they were
asking and the way he was answering them, it
was like... this kid's actually listening to
me and this kid's actually paying attention when
we go out to the hives and it was a proud moment
as a dad and as a beekeeper it was like you know
as a mentor watching someone that you've taught
it was just really cool seeing this little I
mean at the time seven -year -old seeing the
next generation coming up and actually paying
attention knowing what they're doing and this
little kid know what he was doing with bees and
yeah it was really fun that is so great so you
can edit mine out I like that one better We'll
put them both in. We like to hear other people's
pain. Yeah. You know, we've talked about this
before on this show, but I don't mind bringing
it up again. Heat keeping is such a great family
thing. Get your kids involved. Get your grandkids
involved. Get grandpa involved. Get whoever that
is comfortable with it, you know, and is interested
in it. And you'd be surprised how many people
are interested in it. It's a great family thing
to do together. And now he likes to bring his
friends with so we got a couple kids suits that
he can bring friends and his best friend across
the street six months ago any flying bug that
we that they'd see playing outside he'd run away
screaming we brought him with once this spring
this spring uh it was the second time we went
out to the hives and he came out wasn't sure
how it was gonna go and we got done he said can
i come with every time you you go to your bees
he helped me extract a little bit and yeah he's
he loves it now Oh, that's really fun. Yeah,
this kid went from being terrified of any insect
to, yeah, he wants to come with every time I
work with bees, even if my son doesn't come with.
Before I let you go, I want to talk to beginners
here for a second. So if you guys would just
give a little two or three minute primer. And
if somebody is thinking about getting into beekeeping
or new at beekeeping, what is varroa? Why should
you care? And why can't you just ignore it and
hope nothing will happen? So varroa is the number
one threat to honeybee colony health. You could
say worldwide. We can address the problem with
the different miticides that we have. We haven't
had a lot of new miticides in the last decade.
If you can focus in on the number one pest of
the honeybee, you have a good chance at being
a successful beekeeper and it's a little challenging
because you as a new beekeeper you have to monitor
for those mites you have to test you have to
then put something in the colony and the traditional
ones that we've had at our for our use can be
sort of intimidating because with them they have
temperature restrictions they have risks or they're
a synthetic chemical if you don't want to use
any synthetic chemicals so as a new beekeeper
if you can learn three things varroa mites how
to recognize Queen events in your colony. Do
you have a queen in there or not? And then how
to recognize and if you have enough food I mean
you you're putting yourself in a great place
to be a good beekeeper but for Oh mights being
the biggest pest and The one that we have tools
at our disposal that we can actually attempt
to keep our colonies healthy in 2025 going to
2026 staying on top of it from spring all the
way through. If you can just learn how to make
sure that your colony's varroa mites are low
consistently, you have a good chance at having
overwinter colonies and being a successful beekeeper.
Great summary, Adam. The way I like to describe
it is if you go out hiking, everyone knows, you
know, if you spend any time outdoors, what ticks
are. Imagine a tick on you the size of a dinner
plate. And that's what a varroa is for a honeybee.
It's the largest parasite to host. relationship
in the animal kingdom. And bees, when they get
out of hand, can have more than one varroa mite
on them. So they're doing tremendous damage.
They're really spreading diseases. So it's really
important to keep them under control. One varroa
mite in a colony in February can actually turn
into, we did the math, 10 or 12 ,000 varroa mites
by September, the way that they reproduce. So
it can turn into a big problem in a relatively
short amount of time. It's an insanely huge problem
that people really overlook. for that same reason.
They think that it isn't a big problem, but one
can turn into a huge problem very quickly. So
yeah, learning how to recognize that is crucial.
As a new beekeeper, it can also be really hard
to know how to overwinter, like Eric said. So
learning how to just manage resources is really
important. And unless you live in places like
Nova Scotia, Molokai, Kauai, Kangaroo Island
in Australia, Unless you're in one of those really
isolated really lucky places You have Varroa
in your hive if you bought a package or you bought
a nuke You have Varroa already If somehow you
believe your bees do not have any mites at all
Well, there are bees from other colonies, especially
drones coming around and dropping some in your
hive Don't assume that you got the good batch
Because it's everywhere. It just is we have to
admit it We have to deal with it part of what
we do on this show is give people an idea of
all the different ways to deal with it Okay,
even if you're treatment free you're dealing
with it in some ways and if you use treatment
There's lots of different ways that you can different
things you can be comfortable with different
times of year So do your research and we're not
going to tell you what to do. We want you to
make the best decision for your bees. Be intuitive,
do your research and then do what's going to
be best for them. So my other last, last question
is, is Naroa available right now? And if so,
where? Because I read that it was just approved
by the EPA here in the States. Yeah, it was,
uh, so it was registered on September 25th. Yeah.
So we've only been federally registered for a
few short weeks. But we've already have nearly
20 states available for purchase and then by
the time this airs we expect some more. We even
got California which is traditionally one of
the harder ones to get but they did a thorough
review and we were on a fast track with them
and it just is a testament to how safe Narrow
is. Most of us don't understand the process so
the EPA approves that we assume you can send
it out all over the country but there is a little
process in each state too right? Yeah, every
state has their own process. Each state is a
little different. Some of them you just fill
out a paper and pay your fee. Some of them have
to do a little review. Some of them you can do
online. Some of them you have to fill out an
actual paper form and send it in. And then each
one's review process takes a little bit different.
So we're working through all that. Like Eric
said, we're at near 20 states at this moment.
By the time this airs, it'll probably be more.
New ones are coming on all the time. So it sounds
like by the end of the year you'll have maybe
the majority of states. How hard is it to be
approved in other countries? It's about like
going through EPA. So we're under review in Canada
right now. Talking with our regulatory team,
they're actually probably more difficult to get
registered with than in the United States. We're
under review in Mexico, we're under review in
New Zealand, and we are submitting in the European
Union. We're submitting with them this month.
Each one has a different process. They all require
the same data but they want their studies done
in their geography so we've got to do the same
studies all over again in every region. It's
not an easy or a cheap process. All that to say
it's a lot of time and money to bring something
to market. So if you live in the EU or Australia
or even Canada or New Zealand you may have to
be patient for a while to get this. If it's government
you have no idea how long it's going to take.
could be a year or two or who knows. Exactly.
But the fact that it's safe and it's proven here
hopefully will speed that whole process up. When
it comes to Naroa, which is new to me and I can't
wait to try it, I'm just going to ask you Eric
the last two questions that are the key to everything
in the bottom line to this whole conversation.
Number one, is it safe and number two, does it
work? Yeah, I mean it's incredibly safe. It's
one of the safest if not the safest rural control
we have. It's so biologically targeted, the bromide,
it kind of solves that problem that we've been
trying to solve is affecting the pest and not
the non -target organisms. So we're using a biohack,
we're using biology to do that. So it's incredibly
safe and, you know, it's been in development
for over 10 years. This sort of technology won
the Nobel Prize back in 2006. We're all the way
back and now we're in 2000, almost 26. We actually
have products now through Greenlight Biosciences
that address these pests and some of these. crops
and in our case beekeeping. So incredibly safe,
incredibly effective. We saw consistent results
in different geographies in the United States
showing up to four and a half months of control
with a single application. And you guys are also
experienced beekeepers and are telling us, yeah.
You've used it. It works good. So, Eric and Adam
from Greenlight Biosciences with the product
Naroa. We'll stick a link down in the show notes.
If anyone wants to do more homework, check out
your website. It'll be there. Thanks for being
with me, guys, and I'll see you in January at
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