University of Florida Research Foundation Inc

United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

James H Tumlinson

Peter E A Teal

Drion G Boucias

Baldwyn Torto

A Small Hive Beetle trap, which replaces the bottom board of beehives, includes a frame having three walls and a top surface, a trap plate, an entry means, and a trapping means. The trapping means provides a dark environment attractive to small hive beetles and contains a small hive beetle attractant made from pollen dough and inoculated with yeast that produces small hive beetle attracting volatiles. The yeast is a biologically pure strain of yeast producing hive beetle attracting volatiles designated yeast spp. NRRL Y-30722.

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State College, PA, United States of America

James H Tumlinson