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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: jaime on May 10, 2006, 03:02:19 PM

Title: Roaches in hive
Post by: jaime on May 10, 2006, 03:02:19 PM
Are roaches a problem?  Would a healthy colony police them out, or do they get fellow insect rights?
Title: Roaches in hive
Post by: Robo on May 10, 2006, 03:49:29 PM
I get roaches occasionally hiding between the inner cover and top cover or under the top cover overhangs.  Never had any problems with them.  I think they are just interested in a dark place.  Have never had them down "in" the hive.  Bees seem to keep them out.
Title: Roaches in hive
Post by: Michael Bush on May 10, 2006, 10:19:59 PM
Roaches on the inner cover, under the hive etc. are normal.  Roaches in the hive are a symptom of a weak hive that can't care for the space it has.