ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS > FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE
Small hive beetle in worm farms/ compost
Ben Framed:
You might be right Brian, and if so, it might also be an avenue aiding their spread all over the world. 🤷🏼♂️
Phillip
Jim134:
You have 2 major crops in New England... Where Commercial Beekeepers coming to. Blueberries in Maine And also cranberries... In Massachusett. This takes thousands of hives to do these 2 crops.
This has been going on for about 35 years... I personally don't see nothing new about it.. As well as there are many nuc's colonies . As well as package bees..Come from the South..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 😊
Ben Framed:
Thanks Jim, I love blueberries. Blueberries plain, blueberry pancakes, blueberry pie, blueberries mixed with strawberries and whip cream etc. lol...
Phillip
Ben Framed:
--- Quote from: Lesgold on October 29, 2022, 03:51:08 am ---No problems for the worms. They just seemed to help break down the fruit. My issue was the huge number of beetles in the bins.
--- End quote ---
I can understand that issue being a problem since you are a beekeeper. Good to know no effect on the worm end of it. Before I kept bees there was a lady who raised McCall birds as well as other exotic birds within a couple miles of my home. She fed a lot of fruit to the birds! She had a special place for compost and decaying fruit was a major ingredient as her birds ate a lot of fruit. I bet she had tons of SHB...
Phillip
Lesgold:
I fed my worm farms yesterday. Not a single hive beetle. They obviously don?t like coffee grounds.
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