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- From: Robert Crook <crookkohler AT bellsouth.net>
- To: Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>
- Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Hive Beetle
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 23:59:35 -0500
The other beetles all scurried off. Thanks to all for input, it's always good to hear.
Is there anyplace in the country where beetles are a problem? Is there a place where varroa is NOT a problem but still present in hives? In short is there a site by pest interaction?
Rob Sent from my iPhone
Rob,
Seeing hive beetles just means that you are in Piedmont NC. Take
a look at the article <here>
for some advice (May 2015). If you only have a few, and no SHB
larvae, then it is very easy to do more harm than good trying to
do something about them.
My question to you is, how did you only get one beetle in the
picture?
Randall Austin
On 11/7/2017 3:43 PM, Rob Cook wrote:
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I
took advantage of the last of the warm weather yesterday and
did an inspection of the hive. I have been feeding the bees
and there is a supply of honey that they have stored up in
comb and there is some larvae in open cells but not a whole
lot of brood. I figure for this time of year the queen is not
really looking to create a whole lot of new mouths to feed. I
could not find the queen but I know that she is in there. I
took out the IPM board from underneath also to provide more
ventilation as the weather gets wetter and cooler. This hive
swarmed twice during the year, (that I know of) and seems to
be a little on the small side. I also noticed that there are a
number of hive beetles running around.
Any suggestions for controlling beetles. Thanks
everyone.
Rob
Crook
Cboro
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