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> What is the experience of beekeepers in NE United States ?
I have a bee yard infested with SHB in NW Vermont. They came in on nucs
from South Carolina two or three years ago...sold to a neighboring
beekeeper. Last spring I found a small clutch of SHB larvae in a pollen
patty. By mid-summer, there were 50 or more SHB in some of the mating nucs.
This spring (March), while filling mating nuc feeders, I noticed a SHB
crawling up and out of the feeder. SHB will definitely overwinter in the
north, but not sure about the larvae...guess it doesn't really matter if
the larvae overwinter in the ground, as the adults are able to survive in
the hives. They made it back to my honey house last summer, and I wound up
burning a pallet of dark combs that had been slimed.
Mike
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