Badgers knocking of the hive roofs

[sherwood]

I have not come across this before but there is an old Brock that is knocking the roofs of on of my hives he has don this twice now each time leaving clear foot prints. I have had to raise the hive further off the ground. Each time he has successfully nosed the roof of but it has jammed diagonally against the ground and sucessfully held the crown board in situ. Either that or the thymol smell has discouraged him. Not quite a honey badger but perhaps a nearly honey badger.

 

[george]

Deeper hive rooves is the easy answer . The can only push one side or corner at a time so the roof jams before it clears the top of the hive.

Keep you busy making a few of them ??

Roll on the cull .

G

 

[itma]

Sounds like propolis is working for you!
How about strapping the hive down onto to a well-rooted stand? (Concrete blocks might help...)


Or is an electric fence needed?

 

[drstitson]

deep roofs and straps.

 

[sherwood]

I currently use 8" roofs and whilst I am reluctant to strap them whilst I am currently feeding them I was thinking of doing so anyway. Whilst this out apiary usually brings vast quantities of honey , not so this year, it is prone to woodpecker attacks so I would have been surrounding each hive with chicken wire before winter arrived anyway.

 

[jackbee]

Roll on the cull

a trifle flippant maybe??

 

[TBRNoTB]

a trifle flippant maybe??

I wonder if he would agree to culling: cats..dogs..horses...budgies? but then again I would have to agree to cats!

 

[REDWOOD]

I wonder if he would agree to culling: cats..dogs..horses...budgies? but then again I would have to agree to cats!

Whats wrong with cats? I'd rather cull a few humans

 

[Hivemaker.]

I'd rather cull a few humans

About sixty million in this country.

 

[Andy Duff]

Back to reallity.....
Land mines are the answer, no not those nasty ones.

There are these gizmoes that you can or could buy that have a trip-wire connected to a mechanism that sets off a blank shotgun cartridge. the striped bandits do not like loud bangs and leg it, as do hive thieves. Best of all poachers are blamed for the loud late night bangs. It's all good stuff