To my horror, several frames in the bottom box of this skyscraper hive contain SHB larvae crawling through pollen, honey and the dark brood comb. I created a new hive configuration containing no dark brood comb at all. I moved the small population of bees onto clean light colored comb, added a one gallon pail of 1:1 syrup (with Honey B Healthy) and reduced the entrance. Stay tuned.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
small hive beetle larvae & dark brood comb
To my horror, several frames in the bottom box of this skyscraper hive contain SHB larvae crawling through pollen, honey and the dark brood comb. I created a new hive configuration containing no dark brood comb at all. I moved the small population of bees onto clean light colored comb, added a one gallon pail of 1:1 syrup (with Honey B Healthy) and reduced the entrance. Stay tuned.
Labels:
bee,
beekeeping,
dark brood comb,
feeder,
Honey B Healthy,
pail feeder,
retinue,
Small Hive Beetle
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