Small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) have emerged as a formidable invasive pest, posing significant challenges for both apiculture and wild bee populations worldwide. Native to sub‐Saharan Africa, ...

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The State Government has stepped up its campaign to control an African beetle that is devastating the Queensland beekeeping industry. The small hive beetle was accidentally introduced to Australia ...

State officials have made the first known detection in Alaska of the small hive beetle, an "economically significant" pest of honey bees, according to an alert published in late September. An Alaska ...

Honey bees are useful not only to humans but to other "free riders" attracted to their stored resources. The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) is one of the species that rely on honey bee colonies to ...

Christian W. W. Pirk received funding from University of Pretoria and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Honey bees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to ...