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Small hive beetle management options

Primefact Number: 764  Edition: First edition  Released/reviewed: 01 Mar 2008

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Small hive beetle is a scavenger of honey bee colonies that originated from sub-Saharan Africa and was first identified in Australia in October, 2002.

A number of management options are available, both for the apiary and for the colonies themselves.

This Primefact cover the following topics:

  • Current distribution
  • Spread
  • Life cycle
  • Identification
  • Finding SHB in a hive
  • Potential damage
  • Management strategies
  • Equipment recovery after SHB damage
  • Future control methods

 

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