tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post5781552997647135479..comments2024-03-22T13:57:03.401-05:00Comments on The Peace Bee Farmer: Small Hive Beetle DamageRichard Underhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014016516339819639noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-64836132975252273832018-02-08T19:13:10.662-06:002018-02-08T19:13:10.662-06:00I do allow a limited number of photos to be used f...I do allow a limited number of photos to be used for educational purposes. Please contact me via email at peacebeefarm.com. Thank you for respecting copyrighted materials.<br />--Richard Underhill, peacebeefarm.com<br />Richard Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014016516339819639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-34557153333540076522018-02-08T15:43:52.951-06:002018-02-08T15:43:52.951-06:00Do you allow your photos to be used for educationa...Do you allow your photos to be used for educational purposes? I see they are copyrighted.ScienceVethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14841299828618840697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-10249224039884995632012-02-10T21:18:49.413-06:002012-02-10T21:18:49.413-06:00Small hive beetles can be trapped if the bee keepe...Small hive beetles can be trapped if the bee keeper will use them. Also all hives should be cleaned and any pests destroyed when a hive is found empty or so weak it cannot support itself....Father Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874739198953762315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-86667286578239598182010-11-24T09:16:47.720-06:002010-11-24T09:16:47.720-06:00Thank you very much for this thorough reply Richar...Thank you very much for this thorough reply Richard.<br /><br />Yes my entire hive was completely destroyed by these beetle larvae, but I did have plastic foundations. I am now leery of trying to start a new hive with so many of these beetles around now. Also, the varroa mite arrived here on the Island of Hawaii in 2007, adding one more challenge to our previously pest-free beehives. The small hive beetles were first identified on this island seven-months ago! The beetle apparently thrives on decaying fruit and honey. With plenty of fruit here year around the beetles have spread rapidly. This is a sad thing.<br /><br />I was planning to make some beetle traps but was too slow to establish them in the hive. One good thing, I used to manage five hives and had only one on site when the beetles arrived. I can’t image how the commercial beekeepers are handing these pests. <br />,<br />Aloha,<br />LeighLeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597487626102920832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-49847103857092511522010-11-24T09:00:05.096-06:002010-11-24T09:00:05.096-06:00Tim,
I watched my bees change their behavior towar...Tim,<br />I watched my bees change their behavior toward the small hive beetles the first year that they were here. At first, the beetles seemed to have a free run of the hives. However, in just a few months, I noticed the bees actively fighting the adult beetles. When I would open a hive, bees would catch beetles and fly away with them. Honey bees control small hive beetles by removing their eggs from the hive and trapping the adults in “jails” made of propolis.<br /><br />I posted a few more ideas for helping your bees control small hive beetles today, November 24, 2010. Good luck with keeping your bee hive healthy.<br />--RichardRichard Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014016516339819639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-61542579809120655522010-11-23T18:07:23.375-06:002010-11-23T18:07:23.375-06:00As a new beekeeper in Australia I found this post ...As a new beekeeper in Australia I found this post and a previous one quite interesting. I have just found the SHB in my only hive and have been stressing about control methods particularly organic methods. I realise that I should be able to live with the pest at least.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646713151275825636noreply@blogger.com