Can mice climb up a hive stand?

[Amari]

I made myself three double hive stands a couple of months ago. I have fitted wire netting (plenty of green woodpeckers about) and mouse guards to all hives but wonder if mice could in fact climb the legs of the stands. I dislike mouse guards because they impede checking that the entrances are not blocked by dead bees. BTW, very few dead bees so far.

 

[Norfolk]

Yes they can.
Mice can climb a kitchen cabinet and they are pretty smooth

 

[mbc]

http://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/30/What-Are-Those-Objects-On-The-Dam-Wall-You-Have-Got-To-Be-Kidding

possibly they might manage.

 

[Luminos]

Every winter, wood mice move into my loft...a hive stand will present no problem.

 

[Bates]

http://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/30/What-Are-Those-Objects-On-The-Dam-Wall-You-Have-Got-To-Be-Kidding

possibly they might manage.

Haha thats brilliant the last pictures classic!

 

[Amari]

http://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/30/What-Are-Those-Objects-On-The-Dam-Wall-You-Have-Got-To-Be-Kidding

possibly they might manage.

Yes, nice one. Then click on 'Awkward Christmas Photos' on the same page. Pic 13 = ? new use for beeswax candles.

 

[Cazza]

Mice will happily climb those hive stands. It'll be a walk in the park for them. They can ascend the smooth sides of large plastic flower pots so wooden legs are no challenge.
Cazza

 

[andy-glide]

I had mice in my loft last year so they appear to be able to climb up at least 20ft.

 

[user 6228]

Hive stands that are 50mm steel poles may present the mice with more of a problem

 

[Hivemaker.]

They can even climb smooth steel scaffold poles 3ft high, and did to get into the hives of one beekeeper i know.

 

[Itchy]

Wood mice can leap 3+ft vertically

 

[oliver90owner]

Think. How did farmers raise ricks of corn sheaves? Think mushrooms.

 

[user 6228]

Think. How did farmers raise ricks of corn sheaves? Think mushrooms.

A 12" horizontal diameter disk on the pole would be across between the mushroom and ship's hawser rat guard

 

[REDWOOD]

Get one of these, maintenance bills can be high so make sure you get a strong one

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Think. How did farmers raise ricks of corn sheaves? Think mushrooms.

What? Killer mushrooms?

Can killer mushrooms get through a mouse excluder?

Ye gods! Does the worry never end?

Dusty

 

[enrico]

They can abseil down out of the trees to.....honest!!!

 

[Luminos]

Get one of these, maintenance bills can be high so make sure you get a strong one

 

[masterBK]

Many decades ago when at Uni studying zoology I was involved in surveying an area of scrub and woodland that had been offered to a local council as a potential nature reserve. We set numerous Longworth mammal traps (the sort where you catch, identify, weigh, measure etc before releasing the occupant) both on the ground and up trees. We caught field mice, house mice and yellow necked mice up trees. They are all very good climbers.

 

[Amari]

Get one of these, maintenance bills can be high so make sure you get a strong one

Yes, I've got one of those but it rarely ventures out in winter.

 

[biglongdarren]

sets a few traps around the hives sure [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plz9JxsnhH4"]Mouse vs Mouse Trap - YouTube[/ame]


Darren