>
> >When you have a lot of beetles in a hive the beetles eat pupa and bee
> larva I have seen hole frames of drone brood eaten with no beetle larvae in
> the hive.
>

Very interesting Charlie--I've never heard of this (I don't have SHB in my
area).
Has anyone else observed adult beetles feeding upon brood?

>
>
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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