{"id":3468,"date":"2026-07-24T06:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:41:33","slug":"aethina-tumida-in-giant-honey-bee-colonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/aethina-tumida-in-giant-honey-bee-colonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Aethina tumida dans les colonies d'abeilles g\u00e9antes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le petit scarab\u00e9e des ruches, <em>Aethina tumida<\/em>, est bien connu comme parasite des abeilles mellif\u00e8res africaines et occidentales. Or, une courte note publi\u00e9e dans Apidologie rapporte les premi\u00e8res preuves de la pr\u00e9sence d'Aethina tumida dans des colonies d'abeilles g\u00e9antes (<em>Apis dorsata<\/em>en Inde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les colonies sauvages dans la for\u00eat de mangroves des Sundarbans pr\u00e9sentaient des rayons couverts d'une substance visqueuse et d\u00e9gageaient une odeur de fermentation, sympt\u00f4mes cliniques typiques d'une infestation par le petit scarab\u00e9e des ruches. Des analyses morphologiques et mol\u00e9culaires ont confirm\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sence de <em>Aethina tumida<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selon les chercheurs, cette d\u00e9couverte soul\u00e8ve des pr\u00e9occupations quant \u00e0 la conservation des abeilles g\u00e9antes sauvages et souligne la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de mesures de contr\u00f4le et d'att\u00e9nuation ad\u00e9quates.<\/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\/s13592-026-01292-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une courte note publi\u00e9e dans Apidologie rapporte les premi\u00e8res preuves de la pr\u00e9sence d'Aethina tumida dans des colonies d'abeilles g\u00e9antes (Apis dorsata) en Inde.<br \/>\nLes colonies sauvages dans la for\u00eat de mangrove des Sundarbans pr\u00e9sentaient des rayons couverts d'une substance visqueuse et d\u00e9gageaient une odeur ferment\u00e9e, sympt\u00f4mes cliniques typiques d'une infestation par le petit scarab\u00e9e des ruches. Des analyses morphologiques et mol\u00e9culaires ont confirm\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sence d'Aethina tumida.<br \/>\nSelon les chercheurs, cette d\u00e9couverte soul\u00e8ve des pr\u00e9occupations quant \u00e0 la conservation des abeilles g\u00e9antes sauvages et souligne la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de mesures de contr\u00f4le et d'att\u00e9nuation ad\u00e9quates.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A short note published in Apidologie reports the first evidence of Aethina tumida in giant honey bee colonies (Apis dorsata) in India. 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