US Patent Issued to Andong National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation on Oct. 6 for "Honeybee antidote composition" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,933, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Andong National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (Andong-si, South Korea).

"Honeybee antidote composition" was invented by Chul Eui Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Rak Kang (Sancheong-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a honeybee antidote composition for a carbaryl insecticide, the composition containing curcumin at a concentration in a range of 30 to 300 ppm, and a method of reducing toxic damage to a honeybee from a carbaryl insecticide. The method comprises preparing a 50% sucrose aqueous solution; adding curcumin to the prepared 50% sucrose aqueo...