While inspecting a nuc hive I found that it contained two or three
beetles of a type I have never seen in a colony before. The last time I
found a number of unknown beetles in a hive it turned out to be the SHB
I thought I might see if anyone has seen something like this before. I
will try and get some pictures posted when I get a chance.
The beetle is about the size of a worker. It is dark brown with yellow
flecks on its back. In the sun it looked like the beetle may have had a
metalic blue (kind of like oil on water) coloring.
I am located near Tampa Florida but have never seen a beetle like this.
Any thoughts?