On 26/09/2013 11:33 AM, Richard Stewart wrote:
> I trap a lot of pollen.  I have found that small hive beetle seem to be attracted to the pollen, which I freeze and sift.  If I harvest every other day I see no beetles.  On the third day I start seeing adult beetles and by day seven larvae to the point of massive infestation.  Not in the hive but in the pollen tray.  I am running Sundance style bottom traps.
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> Has anyone done any studies on using pollen and remote traps away from hives?

The problem is that beetle are attracted to hives.  You are just 
providing pollen in a hive and protecting the beetle from the bees. 
Beetle Paradise.

Also remember it takes about a day for the eggs to hatch.  A beetle lays 
a zillion. So as soon as bees cannot or will not look after a hive, 
explosion of numbers of larvae results.

Geoff Manning

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