The most important parasitic insects of honey bees

Abstract

Small hive beetles, Aethina tumida, are parasites and scavengers of honey bee.Females lay eggs in the spaces between the frames and the hive wall. Adult and larvae small hive beetles feed on honey bee brood, honey and pollen, thus causing brood death, fermentation of honey and comb destruction. The beetles can promote structural collapse of the nest and cause the adult honey bees to abscond.

Male bube košnice, Aethina tumida, su paraziti pčela koji štete celoj zajednici u košnici. Ženke polažu jaja u prostore između okvira i zida košnice. Odrasle i larve se hrane pčelinjim leglom, medom i polenom, uzrokujući uginuće legla, fermentaciju meda i uništavanje saća. Male bube košnice mogu da promovišu strukturalni kolaps gnezda i da izazovu bekstvo odraslih pčela.