Ron  looking for some bees wax, price, maybe check with Archie too  WALT
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> From: Ron Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hive Beetles Moving North.
> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 10:42 PM
>
> Just to let you know that an insect similiar to to small hive hive beetle
> has been seen in lowcountry hives since the fall of last year.
> McClellanville, Summervile, and Hampton County.  The ones located in
> Hollywood  SC has been confirmed by Fred Singleton because they were sent
> to a lab.  Original estimate was that they were just another hive. Three
> morre confirmation were disclosed today.  Appears to be big problems now.
>    From our literature there is not controls for them.  the beetles inter
> the hive, lays eggs in the honey comb section, uncaps the honey, the
> ferments because it is expose to air, the larve develops to i/2" long and
> moves from the hive into the ground near the hive.  They hatch and the
> new beetles attack the hives.  This is what we learned at the South
> Carolina  beekeepers meeting at Clemson.  We need to keep track of which
> areas become infested so the problem can be assessed. Thanks Ron Taylor,
> President South Carolina Beekeepers, Cottageville, SC
>
> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:33:10 -0400 Rod Billett <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
> >Hey all.  There was a article in our local paper this morning stating
> >that
> >three hives in Charleston County, SC had been found infested with the
> >(as
> >andy would say) Afro-Beetle!
> >
> >  Lets see now.  Discovered in Florida in April.  found in SC in July.
> >They should have infected the entire US by this time next year!
> >
> >  David Green -  Do you have any more information about this.  I know
> >your
> >located closer to there than I.
> >
> >We have controls for Varoa and Traecheal mites, but nothing for the
> >Afro
> >Beetles and Bees.  What is the economic impact to beekeeping going to
> >be
> >when the Beetles and African bees get a foothold into the comercial
> >bee
> >areas of the Southeast (Al, GA, FL).
> >
> >Rod Billett
> >Lexington, SC
> >
>
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