Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Pests and Diseases => Topic started by: sc-bee on April 05, 2015, 03:09:30 pm
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A picture from the web but I could show you a few live views >:(
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Sooooooooooooooo glad we do not have to deal with those up here (yet). I am sure it is only a matter of time, we do have protocols in place, but nature being what it is I am betting they will only slow the advance. It will change the way honey is harvested up here for sure.
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No signs of SHB, yet. They will over winter in the hives, but I haven't seen any in my early spring inspections, yet. I use beetle traps and installed some Beetle B Gone sheets last fall. The bees haven't had a chance to start fuzzing up the BBG sheets, yet. But there was plenty of corpses in the beetle traps.
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Hey sc, are your hives in the shade. My first hive I had in the shade and had a bad problem with beetles. Moved into all sun and scarcely see one anymore.
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No not in shade anymore... Just a thread for folks to expand upon. Here is a collapse I had a few years back after they became weak after a swarm exited. And a pic of an AJ trap.
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I had one hive in this bee yard that has small hive beetles.
I put a baited beetle barn in the hive, one in the top and one in the bottom
Folks had better get those protein/pollen patties out of their hives now.
The small hive beetles will thrive on them.
They were horrific here last year.