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pdmattox
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Small hive beetle treatments?
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November 17, 2006, 12:24:13 am »
What is your method to treat for these guy's?
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Re: Small hive beetle treatments?
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November 17, 2006, 07:56:48 am »
NONE, I have never had a problem with them, the most I have ever count at my place is 15 SHB's and thats all I counted in all 13 hives, not in a single hive, had 1 hive had 2 of them the others had 1 each. if I did have them I would use the method a lot of beekeepers use that works great, heres the link!!!
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php?topic=1974.0
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Re: Small hive beetle treatments?
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November 17, 2006, 08:47:26 am »
I don't have them. Yet :?
I'm in the mountains, so my beeyards are pretty isolated, and I'm hoping since I have stopped buying packages or nucs that I will stay SHB free.
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November 18, 2006, 03:36:41 am »
I had them this year in one hive because I left a substitute patty on too long. They weakened the hive enough that even after a few months of trying to save them wax moths came in and I witnessed the bees absconding. The other hives are strong and there is no problem with SHB.
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Re: Small hive beetle treatments?
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November 19, 2006, 12:56:14 am »
ATTENTION EVERYBODY THAT DOESN'T WANT A EXPLOSION OF SHB's
, If you feed pollen Pattie's feed in small amounts because SHB's love the stuff and will lay eggs on it... I do not feed whole pattie's at a time,
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November 25, 2006, 10:45:02 am »
Great tip. I have not heard that before. Makes sense.
1 hive I counted 34 of the devils. Others 3 or 4.
I am going to use the Combat method and see what happens.
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Re: Small hive beetle treatments?
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November 25, 2006, 07:28:25 pm »
I use the apple cider vinegar trap sold by Brushy Mountain and feel gleeful whenever I find it full of dead beetle bodies! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Here's the trap:
Here's the trap with dead bodies floating and sunk to the bottom of it:
And here are some of the dead :lol: :lol: :lol: bodies lying in state on my deck:
Seems to be working!
Linda T in Atlanta
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November 25, 2006, 10:10:40 pm »
I do not have SHB in my area as yet, nor Do I have AHB but forewarned is forearmed. What I learn here about these two beekeeping problems will be invaluable information if the day ever comes that either infests my area. thanks.
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