Well, I saw something new this weekend. Around the outside of one hive were about 8 stink bugs (squash bugs) happily chomping on our honey bees. Apparently the bugs will sometimes turn into predators instead of infesting our squash gardens.
We removed the ones we found and so far have not had any new ones show up. I will redesign our support system for the next season so as to provide larger water traps on each upright. The existing ones were designed to keep ants out - stink bugs have a longer reach.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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