Monitoring the small hive beetle aethina tumida (coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with baited flight traps: Effect of distance from bee hives and shade on the numbers of beetles captured

Abstract

In the vicinity of bee hives, flight traps baited with yeast-inoculated pollen dough captured more small hive beetles in shade than in partial shade, and the frequency of capture declined with distance from the hives. Thus, the probability of detecting the beetles in apiaries can be maximized by placing the traps in full shade and as near as possible to the hives.