Small Hive Beetle & the SBI

[Bates]

Don't waste your time with these, when (would rather say if) SHB arrives these traps overfill. The correx traps are the most affective, cheapest and best method to control as they are not physically traps; they are bait stations. We used correx traps in all our mating nucs in Australia as a necessity otherwise you return to a lot of slimed out hives.

 

[mbc]

Don't waste your time with these, when (would rather say if) SHB arrives these traps overfill. The correx traps are the most affective, cheapest and best method to control as they are not physically traps; they are bait stations. We used correx traps in all our mating nucs in Australia as a necessity otherwise you return to a lot of slimed out hives.

"bait" as in caumophos?

 

[Bates]

In the commercially produced traps similar designs to the correx (much like cd cases) it was caumohpos used but these home made correx traps was simply cockroach poison.

Another method we discovered which was reasonably affective and involved no poison etc was to place a dishcloth (the cheap white / blue one that you get on big rolls) flat on top of the frames. The bees will chew it and rough it up and the beetles get stuck in it and die, only fallback is you get the odd bee or two.

 

[VEG]

Another method we discovered which was reasonably affective and involved no poison etc was to place a dishcloth (the cheap white / blue one that you get on big rolls) flat on top of the frames. The bees will chew it and rough it up and the beetles get stuck in it and die, only fallback is you get the odd bee or two.

As mentioned by swarm in an earlier post

 

[itma]

Don't waste your time with these, <pic> when (would rather say if) SHB arrives these traps overfill. …

That suggests to me that these things might be very much better detectors than un-'baited' correx.
At £1.50 a time, they are said to be disposable.
Can they be reused, or are they designed to be a 'one-shot'?

 

[thebeeman]

There a one shot item but the volume should hold a good few hundred Beetles
so if they overfill it shows they work well catching that many beetles

 

[Jimmy]

Interesting to read tonight (albeit google translate of federapi) that Italy's animal health chief has decreed that regions that have had queens, packages or hives from Calabria should also be under the same investigation as those at the centre of the outbreak.

 

[BeeJayBee]

The latest update from Italy is https://sites.anses.fr/en/minisite/...ina-tumida-small-hive-beetle-southern-italy-0

For the first time, some larvae of A. tumida have been discovered in 2 apiaries in the province of Calabria. A total of 13 sites were found positives for either adults of larvae of A. tumida all in Calabria​

Also, from the anses pdf (on this page)

Adult beetles can survive for up to 9 days without food or water, 50 days on used comb and several months on fruit.​

 

[The Drone Ranger]

Is borax toxic ?
We had some for the sink drain

 

[The Drone Ranger]

The latest update from Italy is https://sites.anses.fr/en/minisite/...ina-tumida-small-hive-beetle-southern-italy-0

For the first time, some larvae of A. tumida have been discovered in 2 apiaries in the province of Calabria. A total of 13 sites were found positives for either adults of larvae of A. tumida all in Calabria​

Also, from the anses pdf (on this page)

Adult beetles can survive for up to 9 days without food or water, 50 days on used comb and several months on fruit.​

Could I trap them on a banana skin or have I slipped up reading ?

 

[thebeeman]

Is borax toxic ?
We had some for the sink drain

Its Boric Acid for beetles

 

[The Drone Ranger]

Its Boric Acid for beetles

You are right
I dont like the look of it though
Found this on web.
http://www.dodsonbros.com/blog/borax-and-boric-acid-for-insect-control-228.html

 

[thebeeman]

You can use Boric acid with the correx
Block one end with Vaseline fill the correx half way up with Boric Acid.
Keeps it away from the bees but kills the Beetles