Earwigs/pincher bugs

[Robin Chatham]

Some of my hives are in a yard in full sun all day. There are LOTS of earwigs between reflectix and Top cover.

They don't appear to be causing a problem inside the hive.

Any experience with this?

Any ideas of how to get rid of them?

[Paula Breen]

Funny you say that. This year I am noticing lots of them also. They seem to stay up top and hives don't seem bothered. I don't recall this in past years. 

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[Bees & Beeks]

Yes that happened to a hive in Village HS too.  Earwig kept coming back to same hive.  So I replaced the hive top both covers and inner lids, put DE on stand base.  I washed the earwig infested inner lid & top with some dishwasher detergent, dried it in hot sun, and sprinkled with DE before dusting off DE for reuse.  That seem to work.  I think earwig lay eggs like ants do in the corners.

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[Danny Williamson]

Same here lots of them this year some hiding in my one empty hive and in between  the telescoping lid and inner cover and especially lots of them on my artichoke plants. Even though they eat on some veggie plants and aphids. They are known to eat varroa mites as well. But probably not at a scale where they help us beekeepers. 

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[Alexia Williams]

Keep in mind earwigs nature. They love decaying wood and decaying leafs for eating and sleeping and breeding. 

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You may want to take a close look uat all

Your insulation material earwing typically feed on decaying matter and very small insect require humidty ( reason you often find them on stone fruit) some insulation material corrugated is their perfect shelter in addition of heat and humidity ratio , you end up with the perfect nursery for all kinds of insects or bug among them the wax moth which i will post separately!

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