Long-range dispersal of small hive beetles

Peter Neumann; Dorothee Hoffmann; Michael Duncan; Robert Spooner-Hart; Jeff S. Pettis

doi:10.3896/IBRA.1.51.2.11

Long-range dispersal of small hive beetles

Peter Neumann, Dorothee Hoffmann, Michael Duncan, Robert Spooner-Hart, Jeff S. Pettis

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Abstract

Small hive beetles (SHB), Aethina tumida, are parasites and scavengers of social bee colonies in their endemic range in Africa as well as in the USA and Australia (Neumann and Ellis, 2008; cf. Hoffmann et al. 2008; Halcroft et al., 2011). It is currently unknown whether adult SHB which have emerged from the soil but have not yet conducted any flights are attracted to neighbouring host colonies or conduct long range dispersal instead. Here we studied whether the presence of neighbouring host colonies distracts migrating SHB.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	214-215
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Apicultural Research
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.51.2.11
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Aethina tumida
bumblebees
honeybee
small hive beetle
stingless bees

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Long-range dispersal of small hive beetles

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