black beetles,

[juanito]

greetings,
inspected my hives this morning having been in the UK for two weeks,
found fifteen more big black beetles, they seem to be feeding on the uncapped honey, managed to kill most of them but two flew off as I was taking them off the comb, and at long last Ruth has managed to post a couple of photos ! any ideas as to the id of said beetles.

 

[Teemore]

Do the beetles look like the ones referred to here? https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/index.cfm?pageid=125

 

[johnnie1uk]

Hi
Wheres the photos?

 

[johnnie1uk]

Might be worth making and using one of these traps,

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/as...e-control-device-using-diatomaceous-earth.pdf

 

[ratcatcher]

and at long last Ruth has managed to post a couple of photos ! any ideas as to the id of said beetles.

yup, they are those invisible beetles from Almeria

 

[juanito]

BBs

greeting a todos,
the photos are in the Photo albums section, being Photos! I thought it the best place to put them.

 

[ratcatcher]

greeting a todos,
the photos are in the Photo albums section, being Photos! I thought it the best place to put them.

probably better to put them in the body of your post, as your asking questions

 

[johnnie1uk]

Could they be Dor Beetles?
http://www.arkive.org/dor-beetle/geotrupes-stercorarius/