Good we do not have Small Hive Bettle (SHB) yet at Chile, but I was
wondering if SHB should be catalogued as a Pest or rather just a hive
Parasite.
For me it is a pest considering that - based on what I have read somewhere -
the bettle can complete its cycle not using the hives, for example in
fruits, and by interfering with beekeeping "is detrimental to humans.."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest_(organism)
The distintion - if a pest or a parasite - is in my sense is critical for
moving the Ag department at Chile.
What do you think? Know? or have read?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite
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Juanse Barros J.
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