Aethina Tumida Murray Small Hive Beetle

The importance of the role played by honey bee pests in the worldis becoming more recognized each year, not only because ofattention given to the pest species, such as the varroa mite andsmall hive beetle, but also because of the increasing realizationthat 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