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Increased attractiveness of honeybee hive product volatiles to adult small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, resulting from small hive beetle larval infestation [PDF]

, 2015
The small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), is a recent but significant pest of honeybee [Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)] hives in various regions throughout the world, including Eastern Australia. The larval stage of
Hayes, R Andrew, Leemon, Diana M, Hayes, R. Andrew, Rice, Steven J., Leemon, Diana M., Amos, Brogan A, Rice, Steven J, Amos, Brogan A.   +7 more
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Screening Commercially Available Entomopathogenic Biocontrol Agents for the Control of <em>Aethina tumida</em> (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in the UK

Insects, 2012
The Small hive beetle, <em>Aethina tumida</em>, is an invasive pest of honey bees. Indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, it has now become established in North America and Australia.
Giles E. Budge, Mike A. Brown, Stephane Pietravalle, Gay Marris, Michelle E. Powell, Andrew G. S. Cuthbertson, Lisa F. Blackburn, James J. Mathers   +7 more
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New Matrixes to Diagnose Aethina tumida Presence at Apiary Level

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2021
Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae - Small Hive Beetle - SHB), is a parasite of honey bee colonies that causes the notifiable disease called aethinosis. In 2014, SHB was detected in Southern Italy, where it is still present (Calabria region).
Cersini Antonella, Pietropaoli Marco, Pietrella Gabriele, Rivera-Gomis Jorge, Federico Giovanni, Tofani Silvia, Conti Raffaella, Rubino Roberta C., Di Ruggiero Camilla, Formato Giovanni   +9 more
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Occurrence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) in Melipona rufiventris colonies in Brazil

Sociobiology, 2021
Several traits make stingless bees attractive to parasites of honey bee colonies. The small hive beetle (SHB) Aethina tumida, a honey bee colony scavenger/parasite native to sub-Saharan Africa, where is considered only a minor pest, is now present on ...
Sérgio Nogueira Pereira, Luis Henrique Soares Alves, Renata Falcão Rabello da Costa, Fábio Prezoto, Erica Weinstein Teixeira   +4 more
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Novel antennal lobe substructures revealed in the small hive beetle Aethina tumida [PDF]

, 2016
The small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, is an emerging pest of social bee colonies. A. tumida shows a specialized life style for which olfaction seems to play a crucial role.
Neumann, Peter, Kollmann, Martin, Rupenthal, Anna Lena, Schachtner, Joachim, Huetteroth, Wolf   +4 more
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Using camera traps and digital video to investigate the impact of Aethina tumida pest on honey bee (Apis mellifera adansonii) reproduction and ability to keep away elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) in Gamba, Gabon

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018
Bees and elephant interactions are the core of a conservation curiosity since it has been demonstrated that bees, one of the smallest domesticated animals, can keep away elephants, the largest terrestrial animals.
Steeve Ngama, Lisa Korte, Mireille Johnson, Jérôme Bindelle, Auguste Ndoutoume Ndong, Cédric Vermeulen   +5 more
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Feasibility Study into In-Hive Fungal Bio-Control of Small Hive Beetle [PDF]

, 2009
The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), a native to South Africa where is it only a minor pest, was discovered in Australia in 2002. Since this time small hive beetles have become an increasing problem in bee hives in the eastern states of Australia and ...
McMahon, Jacinta, Leemon, Diana M.
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Evolution of starvation resistance in an invasive insect species, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Starvation resistance, or the ability to survive periods without food, can shed light on selection pressure imposed by food scarcity, including chances to invade new regions as a result of human transport.
Anna Papach, Geoffrey R. Williams, Peter Neumann   +2 more
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Pests of Honeybee Colonies (Apis mellifera) in Türkiye: Focus on Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Latreille 1802)

Sociobiology
Various bee pests cause yield losses in honey bees and/or hive collapse. The most important is the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), which has become one of the biggest problems of today's beekeeping. The national study investigated small hive beetles
ALİ Tümay Gürler, Rahşan Akpinar, Yunus Bayram, Erkan Taçbaş, Ramazan Bülbül, Muharrem Satilmiş, Erdem Danyer, Hatice Içyeroglu, Özhan Türkyilmaz, Yasemin Coşkun, Hasan Tahsin Öztokat, Halil Uzun, Alper Sezgin, Birsel Münevver Demir, Gamze Erdurmuş, Yasemin Güller, Selçuk Ulusoy, Hasan Hüseyin Oruç   +17 more
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Shared and unique microbes between Small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) and their honey bee hosts

MicrobiologyOpen, 2019
The small hive beetle (SHB) is an opportunistic parasite that feeds on bee larvae, honey, and pollen. While SHBs can also feed on fruit and other plant products, like its plant‐feeding relatives, SHBs prefer to feed on hive resources and only reproduce ...
Qiang Huang, Dawn Lopez, Jay D. Evans
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