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Fluvalinate (trade names include Apistan Klartan Minadox) is a synthetic pyrethroid commonly used to control varroa mites in honey bee colonies.Fluvalinate is a stable non-volatile fat-soluble compound. Fluvalinate effectiveness was demonstrated in France and Israel. Although the compound may be found in drones a study has found honey samples virtually absent of fluvalinate on account of its affinity to beeswax.Tau-fluvalinate (τ-fluvalinate) is the trivial name for (2R)-fluvalinate.
