> I have come to accept that my hives always have a number of earwigs > (Forficula auricularia) on the top of the crown board and under the > the roof. > > They do not seem to do anything to upset the bees which seem to > tolerate them even in the body of the hive. There are all sizes and > often have pure white examples among them. > > Keith > >>> Keith JM Hooker <<< > >>> Technology Management Ltd <<< > >>> WHITSTABLE Kent CT5 4ED UK <<< > email: [log in to unmask] > Reply: Welkum aboard! John Iannuzzi PhD * "Singing masons building roofs 9772 Old Annapolis Rd * of gold." --Shakespeare Ellicott City MD 21042 usa * 20 Italian colonies [log in to unmask] * 3-1/2 decades in beedom