Bee Vectoring Technologies Announces Rutgers University's Year 2 Positive Trial Results: Reduced Fungal Disease and Better Bee Health

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[{"type":"text","content":"Bee Vectoring Technologies Announces Rutgers University's Year 2 Positive Trial Results: Reduced Fungal Disease and Better Bee HealthMississauga, Ontario and Sacramento, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 22, 2023) - Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. (CSE: BEE) (OTCQB: BEVVF) (CVE: BEE) (the \"Company\" or \"BVT\") is pleased to announce Rutgers University has successfully completed year 2 research trials on the efficacy of BVT's proprietary Vectorite with CR-7 (Clonostachys rosea CR-7), applied with bee vectoring technology to New Jersey blueberry crops during the 2022 growing season. Furthermore, the bee colony health was also assessed in year 2.Both year 1 and year 2 trials were conducted by Rutgers University's Specialty Crop Research and Extension Center and PE Marucci Blueberry Cranberry Research & Extension Center, a leading, grower-trusted research center in the US Northeast. The 2022 trial further assessed the efficacy of the BVT system in controlling common fungal diseases and increasing yield of healthy berries after harvest, both critical measures of the timespan picked berries remain fresh. \"Growers and researchers alike are required to see multi-year data to confirm efficacy, and once again BVT produced fantastic results,\" said Dr. Mason Newark, Field Technical Manager at BVT. \"Rutgers' year 2 trial results remain consistent with year 1, showing that the BVT system is equivalent for disease control, and sometimes better than a standard spray program using chemical fungicides that can be harmful to plants, soil, water, pollinators and workers in the fields.\"Data was collected from established blueberry fields where BVT's biological fungicide CR-7 was bee vectored then compared to collected data from the same field beyond the vectored range where a grower standard program was applied. In the grower standard locations, some growers sprayed six applications of chemical fungicides while other sites received up to 12 applications of chemical fungicides.When comparing results of the BVT honeybee system with CR-7 used alone to the grower standard process, year 2 results demonstrated: BVT's honeybee system and biofungicide kept 66% of harvested berries healthy and marketable after seven days of incubation, which is comparable to the grower standard's value of 64% under the same conditi...

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