Wednesday, December 13, 2006
D0496

Trapping the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with food volatiles

Baldwyn Torto, btorto@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu1, Richard T. Arbogast, tarbogast@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu1, Peter E. A. Teal, pteal@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu1, Hans T. Alborn, halborn@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu1, Alonso Suazo1, Dennis VanEngelsdorp, c-dvanengl@state.pa.us2, and James H. Tumlinson, jht2@psu.edu3. (1) USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 1600-1700 SW 23RD DRIVE, Gainesville, FL, (2) Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Apiary Inspection Unit, Harrisburg, PA, (3) Pennsylvania State University, Entomology, Chemical Ecology Lab, Orchard Rd, University Park, PA

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Species 1: Coleoptera Nitidulidae Aethina tumida (small hive beetle)