Supposedly, the beetles, hypnotically drawn by the glop, enter through small holes in the plastic container and drown in the mineral oil. (There’s a great how-to video at one of our favorite bee ...

The beetles associate the alarm chemicals with a good food source and head for the hive. In Africa, where the small hive beetle is a minor honeybee pest, bees quickly isolate an invading beetle ...

Small hive beetles are the only species known to trick worker bees into feeding them essential food for the bee colony’s own survival and reproduction.

US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service image: These are small hive beetles in a honey bee colony. view more Credit: Agricultural Research Service-USDA ...

It's hard to hoodwink a jailer, but incarcerated beetles fool their honeybee guards into feeding them, new research shows1. Small hive beetles storm honeybee hives to plunder pollen, honey and ...

Genome published of the small hive beetle, a major honey bee parasite One of only seven beetle genomes published Date: December 20, 2018 Source: US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural ...

He checks the hive every month or so to make sure the colony’s thriving and that no nasty pests, such as wax moths and hive beetles, have invaded. Why keep urban bees? It’s not just a hobby.

This hive is one of 37 the Elfrinks have throughout Cape Girardeau County; each hive can make from 20 to 100 pounds of honey, depending on how established it is, the weather and the honey flow.

When Konrad Bouffard of Round Rock Honey leads his introductory beekeeping classes around Texas, kids become most engaged when he talks about the insects’ “superhero powers.” Children ...

They typically travel in a 1-mile radius from the hive to collect nectar, but they will fly 3 to 5 miles if needed, Tubbs said. Bees wait to be sold at Tubbs’ Berry Farm in Twin Falls in May 2017.