ENVS 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Galleria Mellonella, Small Hive Beetle, Coumaphos

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Sciences
• Course: ENVS 2210
• Professor: Nuria Morfin-Ramirez

Document Summary

Main pests that affect honey bees and their control. Explain what pests and pesticides affect honey bees and their control. Wax moths are the most damaging invertebrate pests known to affect honey bees. Wax moths can reduce drawn comb to webbing and debris. A description of the most relevant aspects of these pests follows: Types there are at least two species of moths that cause damage to comb in the hive: the greater wax moth and the smaller wax moth. The most common is the first one, galleria melonella. The moth"s larvae feed on wax, honey, and pollen. They more easily attack weak colonies that cannot defend themselves and cannot protect all the comb in the hive. Stored combs in warehouses are also affected by wax moths during the warmest months of the year. Adults mate outside the hive and females return to the hive to lay eggs on combs.