just thought to mention that here in florida,usa, where the african small
hive beetle has been recently reported and identified as a first find in
the hemisphere, folks have
commented on how similar it appears to small roaches scurrying about when
opening the hive and could be easily mistaken for them before obvious
damage is noticed, and even then the larva can be confused with wax moth
larvae up to a point.... check out the pest alert at:
http://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/PestAlert/
also look for the upcoming (july'98) issue of the apis newsletter for
more info at:
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/apis.htm