The biology of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): Gaps in our knowledge of an invasive species

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-247

  Neumann, Peter ^a,b   Elzen, Patti J ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Invasive species; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HONEYBEE; PARASITE; PEST SPECIES;

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 2942534780     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004010     Document Type: Review

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