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 ...

The discovery of a small hive beetle in a beehive in the north-west of Tasmania has rocked the state's honey bee industry. The small hive beetle has been found in a beehive at Devonport Port with a 15 ...

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) ...

There are concerns the ongoing spread of an exotic beetle could destroy bee hives and hinder crop pollination in far north Queensland. A new infestation of the 'small hive beetle' has been found in ...

Christian W. W. Pirk received funding from University of Pretoria and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Honey bees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to ...

Tasmania's chief plant protection officer says its too early to tell whether bee hives could be destroyed in the wake of a single small hive beetle being found in Devonport. I'm excited to have joined ...

This comes ahead of research field trials attempting to trap the pest and reduce its spread. The first incursion of SHB in Australia was detected in 2002 and has since cost the local beekeeping ...

A beetle whose larvae can destroy beehives has been discovered in northeastern New Brunswick, where it arrived with Ontario bees imported to pollinate blueberry crops. The New Brunswick government ...

The small hive beetle, an invasive honey bee predator species native to sub-Saharan Africa, has been detected in several parts of the state in the last two weeks, ringing alarm bells among beekeepers.

Biosecurity SA plant health operations manager Nick Secomb said the small hive beetle was “a really new pest for South Australia and certainly not widespread”. “As far as we’re aware, it’s really ...

An introduced African pest is reducing 50 per cent of Queensland beehives to a slimy mess. Read more about native Australian bees and see our gallery of different species. AN AFRICAN BEETLE IS waging ...

“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 ...