Among the many diseases and parasites that pose health problems for honeybees, the small hive beetle is unique and presents control challenges. Most other pests can be treated while they are residing ...

The bee industry is buzzing about a new device designed to save lives in the beehives. Many beekeepers across the country are losing their bee hives to the small hive beetle, which can overwhelm the ...

Just in time for Halloween! The newest uninvited guest (pest) in our hives is the small hive beetle (SHB), a nasty little beetle that eat… Just in time for Halloween! The newest uninvited guest (pest) ...

Small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) have emerged as a formidable invasive pest, posing significant challenges for both apiculture and wild bee populations worldwide. Native to sub‐Saharan Africa, ...

The honeybee's alarm signal may not only bring help, but also attract the small hive beetle. Now, an international team of researchers has found that small hive beetles can detect some alarm ...

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 ...

BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, December 20, 2018--Beekeepers and researchers will welcome the unveiling of the small hive beetle's genome by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues.

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 ...

“My bees were dying. I was crying. I had 40 hives and 36 of them were dead. My friends said, ‘Find a new job. The bee business is done.’ ” Diminutive Puna beekeeper Jen Rasmussen recounts the ...

Dead-outs: that dreaded event in a beekeeper’s world when an entire colony of bees dies in the hive. It was a heartbreaking day in mid-December when we found that one of our colonies had died out.