With the advent of several nights of cold weather below 30 degrees F here  in
Georgia,  I have now observed numerous dead hive  beetles dropping through my
screen bottom boards on every hive for the  last several days. I'm assuming
they were killed by the cold, but  perhaps bees were able to remove if the cold
affected the  beetle's metabolism.  Anyone have any information regarding
what  percentage beetle population is reduced due to cold weather.  I have  not
observed any beetle larvae drop for about a month.

Jerry Wallace
Atlanta, GA

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