I agree with Barry. You should first make sure that the beetles are indeed small hive beetles, Aethina tumida. Information on small hive beetle is found at: http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/threads/smbeetle.htm and http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~insect/misc/bees/small_hive_beetle.htm Tom Sanford ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publisher of the APIS newsletter: http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/apis.htm To electronically subscribe, send the following to [log in to unmask]: subscribe Apis-L First Name Last Name ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Author of "Beekeeping in the Digital Age" http://bee.airoot.com/beeculture/digital/ ===========================================================================
