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Chris Kantrowitz and I dig into the Varroa mites driving bee-colony collapse, why Amitraz is failing, and how deformed wing virus turned a manageable parasite into a one-two punch.
Then we get into Quorum Earth’s fungal answer: Varout, a prophylactic biopesticide built on Metarhizium. Chris explains the regulatory shortcut hidden in the genetics, the New York lab that will grow spores on rice, and the platform he wants to aim at spotted lanternflies, ticks, termites, mosquitoes, and other invasive pests.
