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Beekeeping => Pests and Diseases => Topic started by: Mikey N.C. on August 03, 2019, 02:01:28 pm

Title: Shb entrance
Post by: Mikey N.C. on August 03, 2019, 02:01:28 pm

https://youtu.be/PON8J9Mt9NM

Title: Shb entrance video
Post by: Mikey N.C. on August 04, 2019, 02:11:42 pm

Guess video doesn't play , just seen it yesterday , don't know how long it's been out. Looks very interesting. Video is on YouTube ( barnyard bee's) shb entrance.

Title: Re: Shb entrance video
Post by: iddee on August 04, 2019, 03:42:21 pm

It plays fine for me. Must be a setting in your computer.

Title: Re: Shb entrance
Post by: Bakersdozen on August 04, 2019, 03:54:18 pm

I watched it this morning.

Title: Re: Shb entrance
Post by: Mikey N.C. on August 04, 2019, 04:08:09 pm

What do y'all think ?

Title: Re: Shb entrance
Post by: Bakersdozen on August 05, 2019, 09:56:59 am

I don't know.  There is someone locally that is always posting about this product on a Facebook page.  $9.99 per large entrance would add up fast.   It would be interesting to try one.

Title: Re: Shb entrance
Post by: Mikey N.C. on August 05, 2019, 02:45:33 pm

A lot of beeks are having a big time problem this year.
Just thought this looks promising, if it works for robbing also , that would be a plus.
While on this subject, ya know everyone wants to kill ants around hive, my yard in the sandhills here is full of ants( not fireants) I don't treat for ants, never seen a hive over taking by ants? Is it possible that ants are actually beneficial, and killing them is a no-no ?

Title: Re: Shb entrance
Post by: iddee on August 05, 2019, 03:02:06 pm

Everything is good in moderation. Ants have their benefits, but can be damaging.

A glass of wine in healthy. A wino has problems

Title: Re: Shb entrance
Post by: Bakersdozen on August 06, 2019, 10:34:43 am

https://articles.extension.org/pages/60425/managing-small-hive-beetles (https://articles.extension.org/pages/60425/managing-small-hive-beetles)

This is an article on how to control small hive beetles.  It has a nice chart with it showing the SHB lifecycle. Some SHB over winter in the hive.  In my area, I can tell when the beetles emerge and are on the move looking for colonies to move in on.  It's easier to spot in the weaker colonies.  So, their presence is seasonal? for lack of a better term.
I think weather patterns have a lot to do with how prevalent the SHB is.  Soil conditions play a part in that too.  The little buggers can fly for miles.

In this part of Kansas, we had such a wet spring and early summer that ants were a problem on top of the inner cover of several of my colonies.  My theory is the ants were looking for a dry location to lay eggs.  Someone suggested cinnamon, which worked for me.  In one really bad infestation, it took a while, but it worked.  I don't know about the ants being beneficial, but the workers were agitated and spending a lot of time defending the colony rather than foraging.   

Title: Re: Shb entrance
Post by: iddee on August 06, 2019, 11:42:09 am

Inner cover, flat side down.Give the bees the ability to move around on top of it to dispose of the ants.