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Small Hive Beetle (SHB)

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Small Hive Beetle (SHB), or Aethina tumida MURRAY, is a pest native to Southern Africa that affects the honey bee colonies and other and other pollinating insects of the Apoidea family such as the bumble bees (genus Bombus).

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