Hi All

Small hive beetles are not found in most of southern Ontario.  They  
have, however, crossed the St Clair, Niagara, & St Lawrence rivers and  
established themselves in those areas adjacent to the US border.  The   
movement of hives and nucs from those infected areas will certainly  
risk transferring SHB to the new locations.  I imagine that queens  
sold from those areas also present a risk, although smaller.  What  
about queen cells?  Do SHB enter queen cells before they are capped,  
and emerge with the virgin in a new location?

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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