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Offline Bakersdozen

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Harvesting Honey with Small Hive Beetle
« on: July 31, 2018, 09:57:58 am »
For most of us, this is a real pain in the neck.  Does anyone have suggestions on harvesting honey while trying to keep SHB under control?

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Re: Harvesting Honey with Small Hive Beetle
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2018, 10:32:00 am »
I freeze the frames, thaw, extract, let the bees clean the frames, freeze again, then store. truly a pain but better safe than sorry. I beetle in your stored boxes is enough to destroy all of comb. moth crystals & BT have no effect on beetle larva.
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