Claim · #6495947
Aethina tumida · pest pressure · Apis mellifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“introduction of pest species (e.g. small hive beetle, Aethina tumida)... pose significant threats”
- Source
- Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers
- Authors
- Potts S.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Kremen C., Neumann P., Schweiger O., Kunin W.E.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aethina tumida (small hive beetle) as invasive pest of managed/feral honey bee colonies feeding on comb is well-documented.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Small hive beetle Aethina tumida damaging honey bee colonies via comb and brood feeding is established apicultural entomology.”
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