sc-bee
04-24-2006, 02:44 PM
The following post is only an observation and is not intended as study,with controls, parameters, etc.. Merely a trap count for you to view if you please ;) . It also is not an endorsement for the trap!!!
My beekeeping background for info---newbee just second year who had a severe shb problem!!!
With that behind us here goes. I installed a 3lb package in a deep hive body approx. 4 weeks ago. They were placed on some drawn comb along with some foundation.
Upon my last inspection (three days ago) I noticed what I considered a light infestation of shb- based on my last years observation but how do you count the little suckers as they scurry around :mad: . I saw at least twenty so I new there were quite a few more - what concerned me was they were not sequestered and were beginning to roam around on empty comb and I did not feel the package was strong enough to protect it. I believe some of the package drifted!!!
I had just purchased a Hood shb trap so I decided to place it in the hive according to instructions. The trap has three compartments, I place apple cider vinegar in the center and FGMO in the outer two.
The trap had been in the hive three days at the time I pulled it to do the count. The trap had 146 shb beetles and one bee in it. I did not break the hive down any further since I just did that three days ago. However I did not see any shb scurrying around on the top frames or cover smile.gif . I hope this is a good sign.
If this info. is of any interest to you I will post further counts on the same package and maybe other colonies (that I hope I don't have too). If not I will not post further ;) .
My beekeeping background for info---newbee just second year who had a severe shb problem!!!
With that behind us here goes. I installed a 3lb package in a deep hive body approx. 4 weeks ago. They were placed on some drawn comb along with some foundation.
Upon my last inspection (three days ago) I noticed what I considered a light infestation of shb- based on my last years observation but how do you count the little suckers as they scurry around :mad: . I saw at least twenty so I new there were quite a few more - what concerned me was they were not sequestered and were beginning to roam around on empty comb and I did not feel the package was strong enough to protect it. I believe some of the package drifted!!!
I had just purchased a Hood shb trap so I decided to place it in the hive according to instructions. The trap has three compartments, I place apple cider vinegar in the center and FGMO in the outer two.
The trap had been in the hive three days at the time I pulled it to do the count. The trap had 146 shb beetles and one bee in it. I did not break the hive down any further since I just did that three days ago. However I did not see any shb scurrying around on the top frames or cover smile.gif . I hope this is a good sign.
If this info. is of any interest to you I will post further counts on the same package and maybe other colonies (that I hope I don't have too). If not I will not post further ;) .