Small hive beetles (SHBs) are generalists native to sub-Saharan Africa and reproduce in
association with honeybees, bumblebees, stingless bees, fruits and meat. The SHB has …

Background Sugar feeding is critical for survival of malaria vectors and, although
discriminative plant feeding previously has been shown to occur in Anopheles gambiae ss …

Among pests of bees and beehives, arthropods make up a large and important group. Mites
like Varroa destructor, Acarapis woodi, or Tropilaelaps spp., beetles (Aethina tumida …

Bee keeping is indispensable to global food production. It is an alternate income source,
especially in rural underdeveloped African settlements, and an important forest conservation …

Stingless/meliponine bees are eusocial insects whose polylactic nature enables interaction
with a wide variety of wild plants and crops that enhance pollination and, hence, support …

Bee farming and beehealth are threatened by climate change, agricultural and
agrochemicals intensification, and bee pests and diseases. Among these threats, bee pests …

We review the biology of two species of large African hive beetle Oplostomus haroldi and
Oplostomus fuligineus (Coleoptera, Scarabideae, Cetoniinae). We argue that they have the …

Over the last 28 years, the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a
colony pest of wild and managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), and native to sub-Saharan …

Beetles are a very diverse group of insects, both in terms of food habits and distribution
across different habitats. Most of them live in the terrestrial environment, but many species …

Bee farming and beehealth are threatened by climate change, agricultural and
agrochemicals intensification, and bee pests and diseases. Among these threats, bee pests …