Thanks to whomever made me aware of Pollen Beetles. I have been fighting  
them for about 4 years now thinking they were SHB's and lost every battle to  
them. At least I think its Pollen Beetles.  I don't know how to combat them  and 
have asked my local(Central Florida) bee inspector to have the lab  identify 
them for me so I can be sure that Pollen beetles (PB's) are what I  am vexed 
with. They surely look like the pictures I found on the web. There are  so many 
kinds of PB's.
 
These guys fly in by the hundreds, I think they come in out of the  
surrounding orange groves when there is no pollen there and they come in for the  
pollen the bees have stored. The bees shortly will abscond.
 
Any suggestions?
 
George Williams
FL

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