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- From: Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com>
- To: Zac Morris <zac AT zacwolf.com>
- Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Black Ants!
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:53:44 -0400
Zac,
Before I did anything elaborate with trays of oil & the like, I would tinker with the inner cover issue and see what difference that makes. One thing to keep in mind is that inner covers are not necessary at all. You can get rid of the inner cover without affecting your bees whatsoever. Given that fact, screening off the handhold in an inner cover doesn't make a whole lot of sense. You are just creating a nice warm attic for any random creature to thrive in, where the bees cannot enter to police it. I usually do have inner covers on my hives but that's really just from convention rather than necessity. From a hive beetle control standpoint, the wise thing to do would be to eliminate inner covers altogether. I often have ants in around the edges of the aluminum tops of my outer covers. I never see them actually inside the hive on the comb. I suspect that they are benign. Could they even be beneficial, if they feed on other bugs and clean up scraps around the perimeter of the hive boxes? I don't doubt that an overwhelming number of ants would be a problem, but for me, I've never been bothered with all that many. Randall Austin On 4/20/2013 12:10 PM, Zac Morris wrote:
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[ocba] Black Ants!,
Zac Morris, 04/20/2013
- Re: [ocba] Black Ants!, Randall Austin, 04/20/2013
- Re: [ocba] Black Ants!, Jim Musson, 04/20/2013
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