2016
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-016-0426-x
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Quo vadis Aethina tumida? Biology and control of small hive beetles

Abstract: 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 recently become an invasive species, and introductions have been recorded from America, Australia, Europe and Asia since 1996. While SHBs are usually considered a minor pest in Africa, they can cause significant damage to social bee colonies in their new ranges. Potential reasons for differential impact include differences in bee behaviour,… Show more

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“…Although a number of studies have elucidated the effects of various biological, climatic, vegetation and edaphic factors on some honeybee pests, such as small hive beetles [21] and large hive beetles [7,8], the contribution of vegetation phenology and bioclimatic interactions on their distribution and abundance in Kenya remains minimally exploited. Therefore, mapping the spatial distribution of the honeybee pests is valuable for risk assessment and zonation of honeybee pest risk areas to establish containment zones and pathways of source transmission.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although a number of studies have elucidated the effects of various biological, climatic, vegetation and edaphic factors on some honeybee pests, such as small hive beetles [21] and large hive beetles [7,8], the contribution of vegetation phenology and bioclimatic interactions on their distribution and abundance in Kenya remains minimally exploited. Therefore, mapping the spatial distribution of the honeybee pests is valuable for risk assessment and zonation of honeybee pest risk areas to establish containment zones and pathways of source transmission.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…SHB has recently become an invasive species and introductions have been recorded from America, Australia, Europe and Asia since 1996 (Neumann et al 2016). While SHBs are usually a minor pest in their endemic range (Lundie 1940;Pirk and Yusuf 2017), they can cause considerable damage to honeybee colonies in their new ranges (Neumann and Elzen 2004;Neumann et al 2016;Spooner-Hart et al 2017). Since damage to honeybee colonies is associated with higher SHB infestations levels (Spiewok et al 2007), an apparent key question is why reproduction is more successful in the new SHB ranges compared to Africa.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mass reproduction (Neumann and Elzen 2004) by SHBs can result in the full structural collapse of strong colonies within 1 week ) and can only be observed when colony defence fails or is absent (Neumann et al 2016). Therefore, an apparent option for SHB reproduction is associated with afterabsconding events (Hepburn et al 1999), when colony defence is obviously absent.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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