A scientific note on observations of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae), in Florida, USA

Patti J. Elzen; James R. Baxter; David Westervelt; Charlotte Randall; William T. Wilson

doi:doi:10.1051/apido:2000149

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Volume 31 / No 5 (September-October 2000)

Apidologie, 31 5 (2000) 593-594

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 31, Number 5, September-October 2000


Page(s)		593 - 594
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2000149

DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000149

Apidologie 31 (2000) 593-594

A scientific note on observations of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae), in Florida, USA

Patti J. Elzen^a - James R. Baxter^a - David Westervelt^a,b - Charlotte Randall^a,c - William T. Wilson^a

^aUSDA-ARS, Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, 2413 E Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX 78596, U.S.A.
^bFlorida Dept. Agric., Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, FL 32604
^cRandall's Wax Works, 389 S. Central Ave., Umatilla, FL 32784

(Received 18 February 2000; revised 3 April 2000; accepted 18 May 2000)

Keywords: Aethina tumida / Apis mellifera / small hive beetle / biology

Correspondence and reprints: Patti J. Elzen
e-mail: pelzen@weslaco.ars.usda.gov

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