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Is there a general habitat that the SHB like best? I put brand new hives in my yard last year, no bees are kept any where near my yard. By fall I had a few SHB! Last nights beekeeper meeting some one stated that our county hasn't had much of a problem yet, except my town! Oberlin is clay based soil. Many people say it was a swamp before we came along. My yard is sunny but very wet in the spring. We had a long hard winter, I had hopes the beetles would be gone. I opened my smaller hive and saw two small beetles and one "adult". They all met the end of my hive tool. Why are we so lucky here in Oberlin? Has anyone researched what type of habitat they prefer? :s