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Article: Monitoring the small hive beetle Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with baited flight traps: effect of distance from bee hives and shade on the numbers of beetles captured.(Scientific Notes)(Report)
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- Florida Entomologist
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- March 1, 2009
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The small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray, is an invasive African native that has become established in North America and Australia, where it is now an important pest of European honey bees, Apis mellifera L. Its presence in North America was first detected in Florida in 1998 (Division of Plant Industry Entomology Sample 1998: 1555), but subsequent identification of earlier specimens from South Carolina indicates that it became established at least as early as 1996 (Hood 2000). By 2003, the beetle had spread to 29 states, ranging from Florida to Maine and west to Louisiana and North Dakota (Neumann & Elzen 2004).
Field evaluations of a baited flight trap ...