Small hive beetle infestation (Aethina tumida),
Colombia

Information received on 19/07/2020 from Dra. Deyanira Barrero León, Gerente General, Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA), Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, BOGOTA, Colombia

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 5
Date of start of the event	27/05/2020
Date of confirmation of the event	12/06/2020
Report date	17/07/2020
Date submitted to OIE	19/07/2020
Date event resolved	31/08/2020
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Aethina tumida
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (13/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (20/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (26/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (03/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 4 (11/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 5 (17/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 6 (24/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 7 (01/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 8 (08/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 9 (16/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 10 (31/08/2020)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 (Reporte Escarabajo de las Colmenas)

House in Vivienda Adolfo Arciniegas, Casco Urbano, Palmira, Valle

Date of start of the outbreak

04/07/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Apiary

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Bees (hives)	2	1	0	0	0

Affected population

Apis mellifera bees

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Bees (hives)	2	1	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Bees (hives)	50.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	In the new outbreak, a new specimen of the beetle was collected and sent to the National Laboratory for Phytosanitary Diagnosis for entomological identification. The epidemiological investigation and the corresponding tracing are being carried out.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Disinfection Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Quarantine Disinfestation

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
National Laboratory for Phytosanitary Diagnosis (National laboratory)	Bees	entomological investigations	13/07/2020	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

Map of outbreak locations