If beetles lay when the weather is warm enough to activate them, how does this coincide with the period when the queen bees continue laying in late fall, late winter and early spring? Do the hive beetles and queen generally have the same time schedule? I am guessing not? When the ground freezes in my area in December, some years even in November wouldn't it be fruitless for the beetles to lay when the larva has no chance to burrow in the ground? Will the queen bee lay well after the beetles will stop laying? I have been told that bees lay until late fall. Bees start laying well before the winter is over in February in my area of Mississippi? If this is correct, then ground will still be frozen in my area some years until March, off and on, If this is correct then the beetles will do what? Lay and slime the hive even before the bees have a chance to get going in the spring then die out themselves because they can not burrow? Slime the hive late fall, or, do the beetles wait until the ground is the right tempature to begin laying? Either way, the bees will indeed need a certain amount of pollen going into late fall and winter and as early as February, since I have been told the queen will start laying then, no natural pollen willl be avaible until late March and early April? So wouldn't it be good to make sure the bees have a good amount of pollen going into winter in order to ensure they have enough for their purposes? Thanks Phillip Hall