Small Hive Beetles damaging Honeybees frame in beehive. Thousands of hive beetle larvae chewing honey and pollen in comb. Small hive beetle traps are a must to control hive beetles adult before larva damaging stage. Traps at www.georgiabees.com John Pluta, Milledgeville Georgia Beekeeper. Florida, South Carolina Beekeepers have a bigger problem with sandy loose soil for hive beetle larvae to mature in. Alabama,Mississippi,Louisiana and Tennessee are next. GAbeekeeping…
Beekeeping, Beekeepers closeup of entrance fanning by honey bees. WATCH the upside down bees, I’d never noticed that before. This is September so the orange goldenrod pollen is flowing in,very humid because of rains so the extra entrance fanning for nectar evaporation.The Bee pollen coming in on the honeybees legs is high in protein and will be fed to baby bees or mixed with honey to make royal jelly to raise a queen. I use Bee pollen traps on my beehives to trap the pollen for sales or to …