The SOB'S ie SHB a few questions

[denart]

I can't seem to find this anywhere on the internet...
what do the SHB do in the winter time, stay in the hive with the bees or ????

I reciently found some in my hive...but a couple of weeks ago I tilted the top cover up some to allow more ventelilation.....the SHB population exploded just a fluke  or did this have something to do with it...wondering

If anyone has a site to the life cycle of SHB I would love to have it....I have found lots of info on here and the internet..but so far all my questions haven't been fully answered....I want to know this litte bug from a__ hole to appetite.

But, one thing I have discovered, they make a wonderful crunching sound under my hive tool  

I have posted on here that I will be doing my first cutout...I have decided to postpone it till the weather breaks....out of the last 40 days  about 35 have been oner 100 degrees...first time is going to be slow and methodical
2 or 3 hours in a bee suit at 100 or so won't be very plesant
thanks
dennis

[Brian D. Bray]

Like a lot of parasites SHB take advantage of adversity.  A weakened hive is much more likely to get overwhelmed by SHB than a good strong hive.  Since beetles can fly solutions for ants doesn't always work, just as SBB might not.  The best bet is to get some SHB traps to install on the bottom board.  Pay attention to the instructions--if you install it backwards you just create another problem.

[TwT]

I can't seem to find this anywhere on the internet...
what do the SHB do in the winter time, stay in the hive with the bees or ????

they will stay in the cluster during winter time...

I reciently found some in my hive...but a couple of weeks ago I tilted the top cover up some to allow more ventelilation.....the SHB population exploded just a fluke  or did this have something to do with it...wondering

that was just a fluke, I have top ventilation on all my hives and never seen a difference... a lot beekeepers here in Ga don't use inter cover any more because it gives the beatles a place to hide...

If anyone has a site to the life cycle of SHB I would love to have it....I have found lots of info on here and the internet..but so far all my questions haven't been fully answered....I want to know this litte bug from a__ hole to appetite.

I have seen one somewhere and will have to try to find it and will post it here, I know a SHB will fly several mile in a night to a bee hive, I also know a beatle will only survive 4-5 days without food or water, I know most trouble with SHB are on weak or small hives (like nuc's). they did a study on SHB at Clemson a few years back dealing with hive manipulations to control Beatles...
http://www.clemson.edu/scg/ipm/reports/02hood.htm
http://www.clemson.edu/scg/ipm/reports/02hood.pdf#search='life%20cycle%20of%20the%20shb'