Roaches in hive

[jaime]

Are roaches a problem?  Would a healthy colony police them out, or do they get fellow insect rights?

[Robo]

I get roaches occasionally hiding between the inner cover and top cover or under the top cover overhangs.  Never had any problems with them.  I think they are just interested in a dark place.  Have never had them down "in" the hive.  Bees seem to keep them out.

[Michael Bush]

Roaches on the inner cover, under the hive etc. are normal.  Roaches in the hive are a symptom of a weak hive that can't care for the space it has.