Method and system for protecting honey bees, bats and butterflies from neonicotinoid pesticides

• US 10,086,024 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2016
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seed Health, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Joseph E. Kovarik
• Inventors: Kovarik, Joseph E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ogunbiyi, Oluwatosin A
• Application Number:
  US15/379,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20170151293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/74 Bacteria therapeutic use of a bacterial protein A61K38/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/741 Probiotics probiotic yeast, e.g. saccharomyces A61K36/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/742 Spore-forming bacteria, e.g. Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus subtilis, clostridium or Lactobacillus sporogenes
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/745 Bifidobacteria
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/747 Lactobacilli, e.g. L. acidophilus or L. brevis
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/748 Cyanobacteria, i.e. blue-green bacteria or blue-green algae, e.g. spirulina algae, microalgae or microphytes A61K36/02
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 1/20 Bacteria; Culture media therefor

Abstract

A method and system for the treatment of honey bees (Apis mellifera), bats, and butterflies protects them from various life threatening conditions, including Colony Collapse Disorder, white nose syndrome, etc. and in particular, provides honey bees, bats and butterflies with the ability to assimilate and degrade neonicotinoids.

Claims

1. A method for providing a honey bee with the ability to assimilate neonicotinoid pesticides, comprising, inoculating a honey bee with a culture of neonicotinoid degrading bacteria, wherein the neonicotinoid degrading bacteria is Ochrobactrum intermedium.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the neonicotinoid is selected from the group consisting of acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the neonicotinoid is acetamiprid.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the neonicotinoid is clothianidin.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the neonicotinoid is dinotefuran.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the neonicotinoid is nitenpyram.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the neonicotinoid is thiacloprid.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the neonicotinoid is thiamethoxam.