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  • From: Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
  • To: Lynne Millies <sukamarley AT embarqmail.com>
  • Cc: "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] High SHB levels...
  • Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:46:41 -0400

http://southeasterninsectaries.com/

Toll Free 1 (877) 967-6777

I think his name is Phil. My advice: call, don't email. They're not
quite 21st century with their web infrastructure yet. And he might
have a hearing/handwriting issue (or I have a speaking problem). It
took 4 tries to get my delivery address correct... But they showed
up, I crossed my finger and applied them. I split an order with 3
other beekeepers. None of them have terrible SHB problem. One of the
three has higher levels, but nothing near what I saw yesterday (I'm
not convinced he applied them correctly or put them near his hive- he
might have used them in his garden instead). It's no silver bullet,
but it's part of IPM in my opinion...

Best,
Blair


On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Lynne Millies
<sukamarley AT embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Where did you get your nematodes from?
>
> Lynne
>
> On Sep 10, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Kitty Cunningham <klparmley AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From the website (http://southeasterninsectaries.com/custom3_1.html ):
> “Nematode species produced by SEI are used to attack and kill larvae of
> certain soil dwelling insect pests. These pests include, larvae of white
> grubs, Japanese beetles, root weevils, small hive beetles, armyworms,
> cutworms, fleas, clear-winged moths, and fungus gnats.
>
> I nematoded my yard close to the house and in all the flower beds 3 years
> ago and the grubs that had been all over the place vanished. I have seen a
> few SHBs, but less than 20 altogether.
>
>
>
> From: Marty Hanks
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 8:09 PM
> To: Blair Christian
> Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [ocba] High SHB levels...
>
> Thanks again Blair,
>
> I had to do some external feeding(out away from the hives) and the SHB are
> SO bad in this area they are turning up at the feeders! I've killed 4-5 at
> one small feeder 50' from a hive!
>
> marty
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I manage a few hives in southern Durham, and I went over there for the
>> first inspection in a while, and one of them had at least 100 SHB-
>> they were almost pooling under the top cover edges. I've never seen
>> anything like it...
>>
>> I had a hive abscond from that location last month. I'm wondering now
>> if it was in part due to the high beetle levels...
>>
>> Just thought I'd pass that on since several other folks had severe
>> beetle problems too. It must be really localized. I wonder why their
>> populations are really higher in some places? Any ideas what the
>> reproductive cycle looks like? There must be some really conducive
>> places around. I put out some nematodes around my hives at my house
>> http://southeasterninsectaries.com/
>> and the hive beetles haven't been bad at all here. Not sure if
>> they're related or not (nematodes and low SHB levels)...
>>
>> Best,
>> Blair
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