Sustainable control of small hive beetle through targeting in-ground stages

Summary

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Program

Honey Bee

Research Organisation

Western Sydney University

Objective Summary

1. Conduct laboratory bioassays using commercial strains of the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema spp. and Heterorhabditis spp and the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae to assess their efficacy against larvae and pupae of small hive beetle (A. tumida). 2. Evaluate efficacy of these above treatments in simulated fieldsoil conditions. 3. Generate preliminary data for use of drenches of entomopathogens in field apiary sites.