I mentor for an ederly man. We opened his 2 hives. The double deep he purchased during the winter was completely infested with SHBs. The other which he had since last year from a swarm also had a fair amount of SHBs.
Opened up to of my hives yesterday. Both had a large amount of SHBs so I am sure the other 5 at home and the other 7 at 2 other apiaries are probably the same way.
I can't seem to get them under control. I am thinking about using some CheckMite III. I can't afford to buy a bunch of bottom board traps. I have some AJ's but while they work, they really don't seem to control these sorry bugs.
Opened up to of my hives yesterday. Both had a large amount of SHBs so I am sure the other 5 at home and the other 7 at 2 other apiaries are probably the same way.
I can't seem to get them under control. I am thinking about using some CheckMite III. I can't afford to buy a bunch of bottom board traps. I have some AJ's but while they work, they really don't seem to control these sorry bugs.