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Depuis lors, le petit scarab\u00e9e des ruches s'est propag\u00e9 dans tout le pays, atteignant plusieurs autres \u00c9tats, dont l'Andhra Pradesh, l'Assam, le Bihar, l'Uttar Pradesh et le Jharkhand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une nouvelle \u00e9tude publi\u00e9e dans Apidologie documente l'expansion du col\u00e9opt\u00e8re, en analysant son introduction initiale \u2013 tr\u00e8s probablement du Bangladesh \u2013 et sa propagation dans&nbsp;<em>Apis mellifera&nbsp;<\/em>et&nbsp;<em>Apis cerana<\/em>. \u00c0 ce jour, un total de 1 119&nbsp;<em>Apis mellifera<\/em>colonies et 16&nbsp;<em>Apis cerana<\/em>&nbsp;Des colonies ont \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9es comme infect\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aller \u00e0 l'article scientifique <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13592-026-01271-7\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aethina tumida a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9tect\u00e9e pour la premi\u00e8re fois en Inde en 2022 dans l\u2019\u00c9tat du Bengale-Occidental. 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