Take em to a car wash and or use a pressure washer. I've done it and it works great. Then I 'll use a 1/4cup of bleach in 5 gal buckets and wipe em down with that. Then let ol sunshine beat on em for a week or so.
Far as the frames, I start over and wash them same way. Remove whats left of comb.
And the SHB, well that battle goes on and on. My home yard is in full sun, with bare ground, and my entrances are pinched way back and only 3/8" tall and the biggest is 4" across. Lots of guard bees help. I also plan on this winter making more mineral oil trays with screen bottom and 1/4" X3/4" slats in line with bottom of brood frames on top of screen to give the bees an edge when they chase them to the screen. Any cracks or crevice are sealed with warmed up propolis on my part.
Its hot here and humid and I have always used a full width entrance in the summer time but no more.
You may try traps outa that old brood comb in a bucket and at night take the bucket to the freezer and freeze kill the beetles.
Good luck and kill as many as you can!!
Far as the frames, I start over and wash them same way. Remove whats left of comb.
And the SHB, well that battle goes on and on. My home yard is in full sun, with bare ground, and my entrances are pinched way back and only 3/8" tall and the biggest is 4" across. Lots of guard bees help. I also plan on this winter making more mineral oil trays with screen bottom and 1/4" X3/4" slats in line with bottom of brood frames on top of screen to give the bees an edge when they chase them to the screen. Any cracks or crevice are sealed with warmed up propolis on my part.
Its hot here and humid and I have always used a full width entrance in the summer time but no more.
You may try traps outa that old brood comb in a bucket and at night take the bucket to the freezer and freeze kill the beetles.
Good luck and kill as many as you can!!