Visual inspection of a bee hive or commodity combined with the use of traps is recommended to screen for small hive beetle (SHB) presence. Any observation or result of a screening test suggesting the presence of SHB should be confirmed. Treatments like heating, freezing and/or irradiation can ...
The Small Hive Beetle,Athina tumida, is a native of South Africa but is now being found in different parts of the world where it is causing great damage by destroying and contaminating colonies. In late 2014,SHB was discovered in southern Italyand Sicily and is now expected to move into ma...
Over the last 28years, the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a colony pest of wild and managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), and native to sub-Saharan Africa, has been recorded as an invasive and damaging pest of diverse bee species, especially managed honeybee ...
A Survey of Experts' Opinions on the Management of the Small Hive Beetle in Italy The exotic alien species Aethina tumida , commonly known as the small hive beetle (SHB), was first detected in the Italian region of Calabria in 2014. The ... C Salvioni,A Champetier - 《Sustainability》 ...
Status of the small hive beetle in the U.S.: now in four states, what's next? The small hive beetle. Aethina tumida Murray, is a new pest attacking honey bees (Apis mellifera) and hives in the Western Hemisphere. Its native range is sub-Saharan Africa; how and when A. tumida first...
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Beetle Blaster is a plastic device inserted between frames in a hive to trap Small Hive Beetles (SHB) and thereby protect healthy honeybee colonies. It also acts as a very effective sentinel device. The trap, 23 cm long and 3.5 cm deep, is designed to fit neatly between outer frames in ...
Our Small Hive Beetle Traps are easy to use by any beekeeping professional or hobbyist in a commercial or backyard environment. The slim design allows you to position the traps at the top or bottom of your hive to stop the beehive infestation by black beetles and save your livestock. ...
Here we explored the potential for host shift from honeybee, Apis mellifera, colonies to bumblebee, Bombus impatiens, colonies by the small hive beetle, a nest parasite/scavenger native to sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated small hive beetle host choice, bumblebee colony defence as well as indi...
How, when, and where the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, first entered North America without warning remains a mystery. The hive pest has established itself in a new region of the world and has already left its mark on US beekeeping. Hood,Wm. Michael - 《Bee World》 被引量: 124发表...