Nematodes Added, Now No Hive Beetles

Started by FatherMichael, October 06, 2019, 08:56:14 PM

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FatherMichael

October 06, 2019, 08:56:14 PM
Week before last I was worried about the number of Small Hive Beetles in my hive and read what David Bush said about nematodes, so ordered some.

Last inspection -- no SHB!

Will they now last as a permanent culture in the soil beneath my hive?
41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

Michael Bush

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October 07, 2019, 08:59:16 AM
>Will they now last as a permanent culture in the soil beneath my hive?

I'm not sure.  I used them two years ago and don't have nearly the small hive beetles I did have, but I still have them.  SHB are NOT obligate parasites of bees.  They can live on rotting fruit.  So they will continue to come back.
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