First detection of small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infesting eastern honeybee, Apis cerana Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in China

Authors :: Xia Xiaoshan
Qin Ren
Wen-Zhong Huang
Hongxia Zhao
Cong-Hui Ji
Chunsheng Hou
Sa Yang
Jiali Liu
Source :: Sociobiology, Vol 67, Iss 1 (2020)
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 2020.
Abstract: We report the infestation of small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, in a honeybee, Apis cerana, in South China. This is the first record for domestic Chinese honey bee infested with small hive beetle.

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