> Bob asked a number of "temperature related" questions tipping his hand
that  he's planning to freeze the SHB out of existence.

The method works well with all stages of the wax moth.

Dropping the temp in the honey house to freezing can be done without a huge
amount of difficulty. I had to add a huge amount of spray foam this year so
I could get the humdity down in short order. Had problems with the honey
getting so dry the honey did not want to spin easily from the comb.

> I don't have the answers  to Bob's questions, but can pass on that
>perhaps humidity (or lack thereof)  may be a more promising strategy.
>Again, I cannot supply the source or  quote a reference (perhaps I'm
>reading too much and/or attending too many  conferences), but I recall
>reports that the shb life cycle can be broken by  extremely dry
>conditions.

I posted in a earlier post both about humidity and SHb eggs and that the SHb
had not caused a huge amount of trouble when the dry conditions were in
Florida and Georgia. When the rains returned so did the small hive beetle.

< The specific anecdote I recall was that a  dehumidifier in the honey room
kept shb eggs from hatching.

Helps but did not keep the eggs from hatching I have been told. I do not
believe I will get the answers to my questions because research has not yet
been done. I thought I would ask before doing the research myself.

Bob