Estimating reproductive success of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in honey bee colonies by trapping emigrating larvae

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-158

  Arbogast, Richard T ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^b   Willms, Steve ^a   Fombong, Ayuka T ^b   Duehl, Adrian ^a   Teal, Peter E A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; honey bees; insect trapping; small hive beetle larvae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONY STRUCTURE; EMIGRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HONEYBEE; LARVA; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRAPPING;

ANIMAL; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; BEETLE; EVALUATION; INSECT CONTROL; KENYA; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; BEETLES; FLORIDA; INSECT CONTROL; KENYA; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 84856858253     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN11186     Document Type: Article

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