New Record of the Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida, in Africanized Honey Bee Colonies in Costa Rica

Bee World ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-89
Author(s):  
Rafael A. Calderón ◽  
Marianyela Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
New Record ◽  
Aethina Tumida ◽  
Small Hive Beetle ◽  
Africanized Honey Bee ◽  
Bee Colonies

scholarly journals Presencia de la levadura Kodamaea ohmeri en escarabajos Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) colectados de colonias de abeja melífera africanizada en dos apiarios en Yucatán, México

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1101-1112
Author(s):  
Azucena Canto ◽  
Luis A. Medina-Medina ◽  
Elisa Chan ◽  
Rosalina Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Geographical Region ◽  
Aethina Tumida ◽  
Small Hive Beetle ◽  
Natural Distribution ◽  
Kodamaea Ohmeri ◽  
Africanized Honey Bee ◽  
First Time ◽  
Bee Colonies

Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), commonly known as the Small Hive Beetle (SHB), is becoming a significant pest in the beekeeping industry outside of its natural distribution range. In Mexico, recent reports indicate that the SHB is distributed throughout the Yucatan peninsula. The invasion of honey bee colonies by SHB it is mainly chemically mediated by volatiles produced by the yeast Kodamaea ohmeri which is regarded as a secondary symbiont of the SHB. It was analyzed the presence of this yeast in honey bee colonies of Yucatan based on the premise that symbionts are often conjointly distributed with their hosts, therefore the presence of K. ohmeri in hives will be closely associated with the presence of SHB. In managed Africanized honey bee (AHB) colonies, yeasts associated with adult beetles were isolated and identified and the results show that the SHB together with their associated yeast, K. ohmeri, have invaded AHB colonies in Yucatan. It was also reported the presence of yeasts other than K. ohmeri associated with SHB that for the first time are recorded in a geographical region where they had not been recorded before.

Presence ofNosema ceranaein Africanized honey bee colonies in Costa Rica

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 328-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael A. Calderón ◽  
Luis A. Sanchez ◽  
Orlando Yañez ◽  
Natalia Fallas
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Africanized Honey Bee ◽  
Bee Colonies

Susceptibility of small honey bee colonies to invasion by the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 138 (7) ◽  
pp. 547-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Mustafa ◽  
S. Spiewok ◽  
M. Duncan ◽  
R. Spooner-Hart ◽  
P. Rosenkranz
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Aethina Tumida ◽  
Small Hive Beetle ◽  
Bee Colonies

scholarly journals Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Peruvian Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Populations Using the tRNAleu-cox2 Intergenic Region

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 641
Author(s):  
Julio Chávez-Galarza ◽  
Ruth López-Montañez ◽  
Alejandra Jiménez ◽  
Rubén Ferro-Mauricio ◽  
Juan Oré ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Intergenic Region ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Dna Variation ◽  
Africanized Honey Bee ◽  
Dna Variations ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Bee Colonies

Mitochondrial DNA variations of Peruvian honey bee populations were surveyed by using the tRNAleu-cox2 intergenic region. Only two studies have characterized these populations, indicating the presence of Africanized honey bee colonies in different regions of Peru and varied levels of Africanization, but the current status of its genetic diversity is unknown. A total of 512 honey bee colonies were sampled from three regions to characterize them. Our results revealed the presence of European and African haplotypes: the African haplotypes identified belong to sub-lineage AI (13) and sub-lineage AIII (03), and the European haplotypes to lineages C (06) and M (02). Of 24 haplotypes identified, 15 new sequences are reported here (11 sub-lineage AI, 2 sub-lineage AIII, and 2 lineage M). Peruvian honey bee populations presented a higher proportion from African than European haplotypes. High proportions of African haplotype were reported for Piura and Junín, unlike Lima, which showed more European haplotypes from lineage C. Few colonies belonging to lineage M would represent accidental purchase or traces of the introduction into Peru in the 19th century.

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