A scientific note on the threat of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida Murray) to bumble bee (Bombus spp.) colonies in the United States

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 455-456

  Ambrose, John T ^a   Stanghellini, Michael S ^a   Hopkins, D I ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Plant Industry Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Bombus spp.; Bumble bee; Parasite; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0034086704     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000136     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Elzen P.J., Baxter J.R., Westervelt D., Randall C., Delaplane K.S., Cutts L., Wilson W.T., Field control and biology studies of a new pest species, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera, Nitidulinae), attacking European honey bees in the western hemisphere, Apidologie 30 (1999) 361-366.
2. Stanghellini M.S., et al. Bumble bee colonies as potential alternative hosts for the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray), Am. Bee J. (2000) in press.