>We have had such a drought here that the recommended ground drenching
>chemicals can't get into the soil. It just runs off and the buried pupae
are
>unaffected, no matter what is poured on them. He is planning to build 1/4"
>screen bottom boards and suspend the hives over water, in an attempt to
break
>the breeding cycle. He hasn't used the Coumophos strips yet, (and who
really
>wants to) but he will surely need to soon, I'm sure. We are in heavy nectar
>flow right now. This is a real convoluted mess. The hives are collapsing
with
>young queens laying their hearts out  in a honey flow.

In a recent edition of "Bee Culture" a simple trap for the SHB was
described. Around a hole in the bottom board the rim to a mason jar lid is
cemented. Wire mesh of a correct size to allow beetles to pass is then
attached and a jar with a little honey is screwed on. The beetles were found
to have crawled down into the jar for the hive. The claim was that the hive
was pretty empty of beetle after a very short time.