Disease alerts - Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida) in Quebec, September 25, 2023 - Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida) in Quebec, September 25, 2023 - Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida) in Quebec, September 25, 2023

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Regulatory Category- Federal:

Immediately Notifiable

Regulatory Category- Province or Territory:

Immediately Notifiable

Animal Type:

Honeybee

Susceptible Animal Types:

Honeybee

Animal Class:

Terrestrial

Disease Agent:

Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

Disease Agent Type:

Ecto-parasite

Organization:

Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)

Region:

Quebec

Event Size:

2 to 5 premises/locations

Topics:

Emerging

Start Date

Sep/25/2023

End Date

Sep/25/2023

Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida) in Quebec, September 25, 2023

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ)

Small hive beetle (SHB) has been detected in Quebec. At an apiary in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (RCM) in Centre-du-Québec, several hives were found to be infested with SHB adults and larvae. Measures were put in place at this site to address the infestation. Since the larvae were discovered in September, it is highly unlikely that the SHB development cycle will have had time to complete, as temperatures are not optimal for SHB development this late in the season.

An adult SHB specimen was also discovered during a mandatory active surveillance inspection in the border region with the United States, in the Jardins-de-Napierville RCM in Montérégie. Adult SHBs have frequently been discovered in this region at the end of the season.

Infestation by the SHB is reportable in Quebec. Any suspicion of its presence in a Quebec apiary must be reported to MAPAQ (1844ANIMAUX or abeille@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca).