>  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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