Sources:
  • beeaware.org.au/archive-pest/large-hive-beetle/
  • uniprot.org/taxonomy/1232491
  • entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/large_African_hive_beetle.htm
  • africanbeekeeping.com/maintaining-hives.html
Picture Credits:
  1. J. Dvořák, BioLib.cz


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