Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> Infestation
The small hive beetle (SHB), <i>Aethina tumida</i> was first detected in the Calabria and Sicily region (Southern Italy) in 2014. In this regard, a more effective and faster inspection method than the Official one (Ministry of Health) was tested to detect the beetle in the hive. In colla...
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| author | Camilla Di Ruggiero Ziad Mezher Franco Mutinelli Alessandra De Carolis Naomi Pocci Giovanni Formato |
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| description | The small hive beetle (SHB), <i>Aethina tumida</i> was first detected in the Calabria and Sicily region (Southern Italy) in 2014. In this regard, a more effective and faster inspection method than the Official one (Ministry of Health) was tested to detect the beetle in the hive. In collaboration with Calabria beekeepers’ association, a “mobile divider”-based method was tested, in order to facilitate the detection of <i>A. tumida</i> and save time during hive inspection. In this short communication, we provide an update on the mobile divider technique and its related inspection procedure, which was first proposed and used in Calabria (Southern Italy) from 2014 to 2016. We report preliminary data concerning the number of detected SHBs and the time spent for their detection, based on the inspection of two apiaries in Calabria region, using both methods (official method and mobile divider method). The preliminary data presented here show that, on average, the mobile divider method seems to be able to recover a slightly higher number of beetles (0.9 adults) per inspected hive, in a shorter time (25 s). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1301f59a0f3a40afae2b79786c3b67362023-11-22T22:16:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-11-0111221063710.3390/app112210637Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> InfestationCamilla Di Ruggiero0Ziad Mezher1Franco Mutinelli2Alessandra De Carolis3Naomi Pocci4Giovanni Formato5Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, 00178 Rome, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M.Aleandri”, UOT Toscana Sud—Siena, 53100 Siena, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, NRL for Honey Bee Health, 35020 Legnaro, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, 00178 Rome, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M.Aleandri”, UOT Toscana Sud—Siena, 53100 Siena, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, 00178 Rome, ItalyThe small hive beetle (SHB), <i>Aethina tumida</i> was first detected in the Calabria and Sicily region (Southern Italy) in 2014. In this regard, a more effective and faster inspection method than the Official one (Ministry of Health) was tested to detect the beetle in the hive. In collaboration with Calabria beekeepers’ association, a “mobile divider”-based method was tested, in order to facilitate the detection of <i>A. tumida</i> and save time during hive inspection. In this short communication, we provide an update on the mobile divider technique and its related inspection procedure, which was first proposed and used in Calabria (Southern Italy) from 2014 to 2016. We report preliminary data concerning the number of detected SHBs and the time spent for their detection, based on the inspection of two apiaries in Calabria region, using both methods (official method and mobile divider method). The preliminary data presented here show that, on average, the mobile divider method seems to be able to recover a slightly higher number of beetles (0.9 adults) per inspected hive, in a shorter time (25 s).https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10637<i>Aethina tumida</i>mobile dividermonitoringcontrolhoney bee |
| spellingShingle | Camilla Di Ruggiero Ziad Mezher Franco Mutinelli Alessandra De Carolis Naomi Pocci Giovanni Formato Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> Infestation Applied Sciences <i>Aethina tumida</i> mobile divider monitoring control honey bee |
| title | Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> Infestation |
| title_full | Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> Infestation |
| title_fullStr | Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> Infestation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> Infestation |
| title_short | Updates on the Mobile Divider and Its Use in Calabria Region to Monitor and Control <i>Aethina tumida</i> Infestation |
| title_sort | updates on the mobile divider and its use in calabria region to monitor and control i aethina tumida i infestation |
| topic | <i>Aethina tumida</i> mobile divider monitoring control honey bee |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10637 |
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