Hello All,
Small hive beetles DO NOT spend all their time in bee hives. Simply
destroying the hives will not eliminate a large infestation of small hive
beetle  from the area.
The following advice from the powers that be in Australia.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/11/1036308633481.htm

The cost estimate is 6 million (sure to cost twice the amount in the end).

Quote  from article by Dr. Ben Oldroyal:

"A specialist in bees at Sidney U. Dr. Ben Oldroyal , has some simple advice
about the idea : FORGET ABOUT IT"

I have the same advice about the idea! Dumb idea and will not work!

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison

Ps. I suspect by now varroa exists in Australia (my opinion). As long as
Austraila has sea ports the introduction of varroa remains realistic as most
swarms in the world carry varroa. We also know that the small hive beetle
travels in swarms of bees (David Westervelt of the Forida bee inspection
service). Could not varroa have been introduced with the same swarm that
brought the small hive beetle to Australia? The most logical source of
introduction of the shb was from a swarm off a ship in a port ( unnamed USDA
source commenting on the introduction of SHb into Australia to Bob
Harrison). In my opinion since SHb is found most times in hives with a
varroa problem the likelyhood of varroa also being in a swarm in which the
SHB was traveling is about 95 to 99%.