Andy those pictures of the Afro beetle are such horrible
sights.
I assume the authorities are searching for and destroying all
attacked beehives, but here is an awful possibility - it seems
to me that the life cycle of the beetle is such that it could
probably attack and breed in bumble bees nests.
Sorry.
 
Barry J. Donovan.
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Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre,
Lincoln,
New Zealand.