Small Hive Beetle management options
Summary
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
