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Re: Eliminating Small Hive Beetle from Empty Boxes
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Cam Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Apr 2017 10:22:42 -0400
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>.  If you live in a northern climate and think that means you don’t have to worry about SHB, think again.

I live a little south of you but get the cold and snow also. My experience - I brought up hundreds of nucs from FL that had SHB- is that they are around but don't multiply enough to cause a problem in my hives. I believe their survival depends on soil type as well as climate. Kind of like wax moths. I see living larvae in the winter, but they don't become a problem until it warms up. I haven't seen SHB in the last two years. The year after I bought up the nucs they were in the patties and were a real nuisance. Just my experience. 

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