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Hey everyone:
I know that this beetle goes into a stage and it has to go underground to get a new cycle going, and then, bang, right back into the hive.
Now, I have quite a bit of metal roofing sheets, and was wondering if any of you have ever placed metal in front of the hives, to keep the beetles from going down into the ground. My thinking, if there is solid metal in front of the hives, he would be out of luck gettting into the ground.
If heat in summer becomes an issue, the tin could be covered with straw and that would probably help in a heat situation dealing with reflected heat.
Hope some one on here will chime in. We all need to make all out war on this unwanted freeloader guest.
Best,
Casper_zip
I know that this beetle goes into a stage and it has to go underground to get a new cycle going, and then, bang, right back into the hive.
Now, I have quite a bit of metal roofing sheets, and was wondering if any of you have ever placed metal in front of the hives, to keep the beetles from going down into the ground. My thinking, if there is solid metal in front of the hives, he would be out of luck gettting into the ground.
If heat in summer becomes an issue, the tin could be covered with straw and that would probably help in a heat situation dealing with reflected heat.
Hope some one on here will chime in. We all need to make all out war on this unwanted freeloader guest.
Best,
Casper_zip