From: Erik Osterlund <honeybee@elgon.se>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 08:10:32 +0200
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Small Hive Beetle

I guessed so Karen

That they fly. Though Steve Taber had an experience in an apiary where he
had hives on stands and those didn't get affected very much. Could be due
to other things of course. You also have the larvea crawliong back to the
soil for going into the puppea stage. Maybe it's worth trying to see if
there will be any difference.

Erik

At 17.06 -0400 02-07-01, Karen Oland wrote:
>SHB fly into hives, and catch rides on bee legs that abscond. They can fly
>several miles when searching for new homes. Strong hives keep them somewhat
>in check, weaker ones quickly succumb. Apparently simply checking on your
>bees can trigger massive egg laying in SHB.