From: Micky Lee <mlee4321@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 08:28:41 -0500
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Hive Beetles

Hello all,

I can not speak from experience either. As last summer, they were found
within five miles of my small cell yard, I expect I will get some soon.

Coumaphos? I'll be an exbeekeeper first. Some have been using it for
mites already.

Many of us in this area are hoping our hard clay soil will reduce their
rate of reproduction. We understand that some Florida beekeepers are
controlling them in the honey house by placing a fan on each stack of
supers, while they are waiting to be extracted. The drying, kills eggs
and larvae, preventing damage.

Often, even though our honey is capped, the moisture may exceed 18%.
Many of us hobbyists, have built a rig so that air from a dehumidifier
blows through the stack. Most sideliners have a hot room with a
dehumidifier in it. We are hoping this will prevent honey house damage.
Also, many will not have trouble extracting within the five day limit.
With a seven day limit for wax moths, we can take honey off one weekend
and extract the next, so some weekenders, will have to work out a
different schedule.

As strong hives are supposed to control them in the hive, maybe I can get
away without Coumaphos until we figure out something else.

Micky