From my experience, these are mostly SHB. They lay eggs on the bottom side of the patties between top bars and the patties. The eggs hatch in 3 days producing 100's-1000's larvae. They are almost within the same age. The number of larvae depends on how many beetles found in the hive and ready to lay eggs. I like what Arron suggested. Thus, beekeepers can reduce the risk period of having available food for longer time for beetles. The other option is feeding dry pollen substitute powder by placing the dry powder in a container to protect the powder from rain in the bee yard. Bees will then rob the materials to the hive.



Medhat Nasr, Ab, Canada

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