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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax incentives $ 1,734,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays $ 3,234,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
Net impact of holiday tax incentives, per diluted share $ 0.03us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare $ 0.06us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare
Unrecognized tax benefits including interest and penalties 18,000,000bhe_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncludingInterestAndPenalties  
Interest on unrecognized tax 1,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued  
Penalty on unrecognized tax 1,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued  
CHINA    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax incentives 353,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_CN
1,507,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_CN
Income tax reconciliation tax holidays expiration date 2015  
MALAYSIA    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax incentives 419,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_MY
474,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_MY
Income tax reconciliation tax holidays expiration date 2016  
THAILAND    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax incentives $ 962,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_TH
$ 1,253,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_TH
Income tax reconciliation tax holidays expiration date 2026