steve1958
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2009
- Messages
- 1,073
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- 284
- Location
- Hampshire UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
I have recently been invited to place a Hive on what is a very big allotment site.
The allotment association are very keen to have Bees there.
However
Apparently they did have a Bee Keeper there several years ago, who had 3 Hives on the Allotments, but his Hives were vandalised, and he lost 2 colonies of Bees through this.
So
I have been thinking of how I can make a Hive safer in such a situation.
Several ideas spring to mind straight away:
1. Hide the Hive behind a fence, or plant some hedging to help hide it.
2. Put the Hive inside a shed.
3. Put up an electric fence to kill off any intruders (though I have been assured this would result in me going to jail!).
4. Disguise the Hive as something else.
It is the latter of these I would like ideas on really.
What could I disguise a British National Hive so idiots wouldnt think of poking around near it.
It needs to be something that would blend in to an Allotment.

The allotment association are very keen to have Bees there.
However
Apparently they did have a Bee Keeper there several years ago, who had 3 Hives on the Allotments, but his Hives were vandalised, and he lost 2 colonies of Bees through this.
So
I have been thinking of how I can make a Hive safer in such a situation.
Several ideas spring to mind straight away:
1. Hide the Hive behind a fence, or plant some hedging to help hide it.
2. Put the Hive inside a shed.
3. Put up an electric fence to kill off any intruders (though I have been assured this would result in me going to jail!).
4. Disguise the Hive as something else.
It is the latter of these I would like ideas on really.
What could I disguise a British National Hive so idiots wouldnt think of poking around near it.
It needs to be something that would blend in to an Allotment.
