Screening Commercially Available Entomopathogenic Biocontrol Agents for the Control of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in the UK

AGS Cuthbertson, JJ Mathers, LF Blackburn… - Insects, 2012 - mdpi.com
The Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, is an invasive pest of honey bees. Indigenous to sub-
Saharan Africa, it has now become established in North America and Australia. It represents …

[PDF][PDF] Africa under attack: a continent-wide mapping of pathogens, parasites and predators afflicting the hived honey bee Apis mellifera L.(Hymenoptera: Apidae)

DR Kugonza - African Journal of Rural Development, 2021 - researchgate.net
Several major honeybee pests and diseases have been reported in different parts of the
world. In Africa initially, reports were from a few countries that participated in the first …

Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) attraction to volatiles produced by Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) …

JR Graham, JD Ellis, MJ Carroll, PEA Teal - Apidologie, 2011 - Springer
In this study, small hive beetle (SHB) attraction to whole honey bee and bumble bee colony
volatiles as well as volatiles from individual colony components was investigated using four …

Trapping of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies with an In-Hive Baited Trap

B Torto, RT Arbogast, D Van Engelsdorp… - Environmental …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The effectiveness of two lures for trapping the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, by means of
in-hive traps was tested by field trials in apiaries located in Florida, Delaware, and …

Molecular detection of small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): DNA barcoding and development of a real-time PCR assay

D Li, DW Waite, QH Fan, S George, L Semeraro… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Small hive beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida can feed on honey, pollen and brood in honey bee
colonies. It was endemic to Africa, but since 1996 has been detected in a number of …

Behavioral responses of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, to odors of three meliponine bee species and honey bees, Apis mellifera scutellata

BO Bobadoye, AT Fombong, N Kiatoko… - Entomologia …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have shown that honey bees, bumble bees, and some meliponine bee
species of the genera T rigona, M eliponula, and D actylurina are hosts of the small hive …

Concurrent parasitism alters thermoregulation in honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) winter clusters

MO Schäfer, W Ritter, JS Pettis… - Annals of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Thermoregulation is crucial for honey bee, Apis mellifera L.(Hymenoptera: Apidae), colony
survival in temperate regions, but possible interference by parasites is currently unknown …

A survey of experts' opinions on the management of the small hive beetle in Italy

C Salvioni, A Champetier - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 SHB is endemic in sub …

The effects of temperature, diet, and other factors on development, survivorship, and oviposition of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

WG Meikle, JM Patt - Journal of Economic Entomology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Developmental rate and survivorship of small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray
(Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), life stages were measured across different temperatures (21, 25 …

Infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) against the small hive beetle Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

HE Cabanillas, PJ Elzen - Journal of Apicultural Research, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
BAUR, ME; KAYA, HK; PENG, YS; LANG, JJ (1995) Nonsusceptibility of the honey bee, Apis
mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apididae), to Steinernematid and Heterorhabditid nematodes …