My first Flow Hive harvest :) Delaware, Indiana, USA

[Faroe]

Looking pretty wet there Gerald

Hopefully, you get a soon

Did you see this post - which used lime as trap in the bottom board:

Small Hive Beetle (SHB) and Moth Trap using corflute slider

We have glued some small timber pieces 8mm square to the existing core flute on the flowhive to help catch SHB and moths. The trap is on the core flute board, goes in the lower slot and uses ordinary garden lime. The gap is too small for bees but allows the beetles in. It also catches any larvae that may drop through from inside the hive. Any beetles or moth get covered in lime and die. The lime lasts for months and just needs loosening up a bit every couple of weeks. When we remove the old li…