The Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida Murray

The importance of the role played by honey bee pests in the world

is becoming more recognized each year, not only because of

attention given to the pest species, such as the varroa mite and

small hive beetle, but also because of the increasing realization

that honey bees are extremely valuable to nature and humanity.

The author, Wm. Michael Hood, is Professor Emeritus of Entomology,

Emeritus College, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA