From: Barry Birkey <barry@birkey.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 06:19:33 -0500
To: BioBee List <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Small Hive Beetle

> discovered foundation crawling with SHB larva - tried washing and removed
> many of them but it was a loosing battle the bees abscounded either Sat or
> this morning. I'm afraid the beetles are going to require chemicals. Roy

Hi Roy -

This doesn't sound good. Even though you used 4.9 foundation and it appeared
to be drawn good, did you actually measure it to verify the cell size? Have
you had hives with the SHB present before, or is this your first total hive
collapse from SHB's? Can you tell us what race of bee these were?

Regards,
Barry