The small hive beetle (SHB) Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) is an invasive pest of honey bees reported in Korea in 2016. This study was carried out to understand adult performance of SHBs under different temperatures and to construct an oviposition model as a part of the population model. Newly emerged adults were subjected to constant temperatures (15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 37 °C), their longevity and oviposition were measured and an oviposition model was built afterwards. The longevity of SHBs female decreases from 160.1 to 57.9 days with increasing temperature from 20 to 37 °C. SHB males lived significantly shorter than the females. No oviposition was recorded at 15 °C. The fecundity showed a parabolic trend with a maximum of 1381.6 eggs/female at 30 °C and reduced to 515.8 eggs/female at 37 °C. The model combining all parameters of the SHB females simulated oviposition between 20 and 37 °C and predicted that SHBs could perform better at moderately higher temperatures which are in line with the brood area temperature (34–35 °C) of the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

小型蜂巢甲虫 (SHB) Aethina tumidaMurray（鞘翅目：Nitidulidae）是2016年在韩国报道的一种蜜蜂入侵性害虫。本研究旨在了解SHBs在不同温度下的成虫表现，并构建产卵模型作为种群模型的一部分。对新出现的成虫进行恒温（15、20、25、30、35和37°C），测量它们的寿命和产卵量，然后建立产卵模型。随着温度从 20 ℃升高到 37 ℃，雌性 SHBs 的寿命从 160.1 天减少到 57.9 天。SHB男性的寿命明显短于女性。在 15 °C 时没有记录到产卵。繁殖力呈抛物线趋势，30℃时最高产卵1381.6枚/雌，37℃时下降至515.8枚/雌。蜜蜂。