my recollection of shb laying eggs on honey bees may be flawed, could have been shb eggs observed attached to honey bees maybe after combcell cleaning or something similar...here's more info links re:"sex,lies and beetles": http://helix.nature.com/nsu/000504/000504-10.html http://www.sfsu.edu/~pubaff/prsrelea/fy99/101.htm