Blister beetles are herbivorous insects that gnaw on mugwort or cabbage, but some species are carnivorous and eat honey bee eggs. How can a beetle without wings get into a hive? Even an ironclad ...
The honeybee's alarm signal may not only bring help, but also attract the small hive beetle. Now, researchers have found that small hive beetles can detect some alarm pheromones at levels below that ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beekeepers and researchers will welcome the unveiling of the small hive beetle's genome by scientists. The small hive beetle (SHB) is a major parasite problem of honey bees for which there are few ...
After turning up on Hawaii island, Oahu, Maui and Molokai, the small hive beetle — a serious pest to honeybees — has been spotted for the first time on Kauai. According to the state Department of ...
EVEN honeybees are vulnerable to hackers. Hives normally run a tight security detail, but the small hive beetle Aethina tumida still slips past the defences. How they do it has been a mystery since ...
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