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SMALL HIVE BEETLES, Hive Beetle trap filling,installing on honey bee hives.Video,Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta installing Small Hive Beetle traps into beehives.CLICK for more at http://georgiabees.blogspot.com Controlling small hive beetle numbers lowers beehive stress, possible CCD,a colony collapse disorder symptom Ga Beekeeping hive beetle control. Beekeepers MUST kill the adult small hive beetles before egg and larva stage.
Larvae eat thru honey comb in search of bee pollen making honey leak and ferment,called sliming. Bees then abscond from hive leaving a sticky mess even other bees barely rob.
To clean up I put boxes over ant mounds to begin removing crud,then a few days in the sun to dry up honey slime. This is going to be a major beekeeping problem if not controlled in states like Florida,Georgia,North South Carolina,Alabama,Mississippi,Tennessee and Louisiana.
Other states Will get them,forget cold weather,they winter at edge of honeybee cluster just fine.

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  • why don the guard bees defend against the Beatles?

  • The beetles are like a turtle shell,they can't grab a hold of them,just chase them around.

  • what damage this beetle do to a hive??

  • The beetle does no damage, it is the larvae of the beetle that do the damage, the larvae will tunnle through wax eating honey pollen brood and making a huge mess and causing the colony to die or abscond

  • Also the exposed honey starts to ferment running everywhere. We call it Sliming the hive. Other bees won't hardly even try and rob it out.

    Can be cleaned but what a messy job.

    I'll set the boxes right on top of ant mounds and let them do a bunch of removal before starting.

    JP

  • Watch the response video above,sickening

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  • all the bad things come from this country....fuck

    poor bees

  • @fireraverxv UR AR AN ASSHOLE AND I UN MANIFEST YOU AND ALL YOU DO ON YOU TUBE

  • @OprahsVag1 URA SIC PUPPY GET SOME HELP!

  • I set a beehive on fire the other day, watched the bastards squirm as i pooped on their carcasses oh how i love the sound as they die. Oh and nice vid btw this vid was alot cheaper then porn hub!

  • WHERE DO I GET THE TRAPS?

  • I've seen keepers just put the hives on a trough of water so ants and such can't get into them.

  • Can I get them at any regular store?

  • what kind of tramps is he using??

  • What kind of tramp is this guy using? can i get them at any store like walmart, target, or where?

  • aloha ya we use those beetle barns here in hawaii............they work well

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