	US 11,723,366 B2
	*Alkali metal salt for use in treatment of Varroa destructor* mite infestation of honey bees**
Stefan Hannus, Munich (DE); Peter Rosenkranz, Tübingen (DE); and Bettina Ziegelmann, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart (DE); Stefan Hannus, Munich (DE); and siTools Biotech GmbH, Martinsried (DE)
Filed by Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart (DE); Stefan Hannus, Munich (DE); and siTools Biotech GmbH, Martinsried (DE)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/199,917.
Application 17/199,917 is a continuation of application No. 16/451,488, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,980,238.
Application 16/451,488 is a continuation of application No. 15/758,283, granted, now 10,375,963, issued on Aug. 13, 2019, previously published as PCT/EP2016/071124, filed on Sep. 7, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1515960 (GB), filed on Sep. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030873 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 59/08 (2006.01); A01N 59/00 (2006.01); A01N 37/02 (2006.01); A01N 37/36 (2006.01); A01N 59/02 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 59/08 (2013.01) [A01N 37/02 (2013.01); A01N 37/36 (2013.01); A01N 59/00 (2013.01); A01N 59/02 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A method of prophylactic, therapeutic, or prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Varroa destructor mite infestation of bees, the method comprising administering an organic or inorganic salt of lithium to said bees, wherein the lithium in the lithium salt is a miticidal agent, and wherein the organic or inorganic salt of lithium is administered in a concentration range which is equimolar to the concentration range of about 1 to about 150 mM LiCl anhydrous with respect to the lithium ion.