Hello Michael & All,
> The bees will begin to clean the frames of the small hive larvae as soon
as
> you remove the matted mass of debree.
This only happens if your bees are Hygienic.. If you are not buying queens
from a breeder breeding for the hygienic trait you need to be (in my
opinion) if you are fighting SHB. In my yards I have been using queens from
the Marla Spivak hygienic line and am very pleased.
Bob