I read with interest, Michael Housel's observations on the Small Hive
Beetle, since I am in Kansas, next door to Missouri. Thanks, Michael.

Eighty five of my colonies have screened bottoms on pallets, and this seems
even more reason to change the rest over.

Mike Brown, the Missouri State Entomologist who confirmed the infestation in
southern Missouri told me the colony was started from a package this spring,
and that he advised the use of Checkmite.

Mann Lake sells a 5X5 pad to mount the Checkmite strip, in halves in their
online catalog.  If I do a sugar shake and find a yard that needs varroa
control AND it happens to be one of my yards with bottom boards, will the
Checkmite poised for SHB control also control varroa? Looks doubtful to
me...

Thanks.

John Keim
Fairview, KS