Small hive beetles in the honey house!

In hindsight we should have seen it coming. This past summer small hive bee tles created honey house problems for several Florida beekeepers, We all kn ew that beetles were in the area and that they could destroy, small colonie s by overwhelming them, sometimes by sheer weight of numbers. Even large co lonies appeared vulnerable, if they were disturbed, as in a colony inspecti on or honey palling But beekeepers were actively controlling these pests th rough permethrin ground drenches in the apiary and with coumaphos traps in the colony, Things sort of seemed under control. Then, along came a nice ho ney flow and things got a little out of control.