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Subject:	Re: SHB in Northern Regions
From:	allen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:59:54 -0400
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>> Additionally, it seems that if the soil reaches a cold enough state over winter,
>> that there is no survival to provide an initial infestation the next spring.
>
>Your initial infestation in the spring is from SHB adults that
>overwinter in the bee cluster.

Good point.

What I don't understand, I guess, is that beekeepers who winter in cold regions 
seem to be reporting that without repeated introductions,  infestations of SHB 
either are no problem, or disappear altogether.

Can anyone explain that?

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