Fellow Beeks

[pargyle]

I quite like the idea of stainless steel fittings on say brood and supers and a wire to an anchor. Only problem is I don't trust padlocks not to rust so you could end up locking yourself out!!

Buy the best weatherproof (preferably stainless steel) padlock you can afford and before it is used dowse it well with WD40 in the key slot and lock and unlock it a load of times to spread the lubricant. I had two on the hatch of my boat for years, sitting exposed in the creek, without any problems whatsoever. Even had someone try to break in with bolt croppers - left a mark on the hasp but that's all. The circular ones where the locking bit retracts into the body of the padlock seem to be the best.

Like these ones ...

http://www.nothingbutpadlocks.com/products/keyed-alike-padlocks/keyed-alike-diskus-padlock-60mm

 

[domino]

Hives aren't easy things to steal, they fall to bits if you don't know what you're doing and are full of things trying to sting you. To steal a hive you need to know what you're doing.

 

[dn170221]

I had thought of the WD40.
Could also tie it into a plastic bag.
The locks I am thinking of were for a boat yard by the sea , the salt water can be harsh on padlocks especially keenly priced ones

 

[domino]

Since I recently saw some hives knocked over by vandals I'm going to get some travel straps to hild the hives together just in case it happens to mine.

Sadly land mines are banned.

 

[eddiespangle]

Straps will make the hives easier to move - by thieves!

 

[domino]

Straps will make the hives easier to move - by thieves!

My problem seems to be vandals knocking them over, rather than people pinching them.

 

[pargyle]

My problem seems to be vandals knocking them over, rather than people pinching them.

Again, a ground anchor under the hive with a chain that goes up one side of the hive, through a staple in the middle of the roof and then down the other side to be padlocked tightly to the ground anchor would make it really difficult to push the hive over ... would probably need to be one of those curly ground anchors so that it would not pull out of the ground. Kills two birds with one stone ...

 

[VEG]

I tried this when mine were being tipped over, they then resorted to throwing boulders at the hives. They just seem to take it as a challenge to do something to the hives. Mine have since been moved.

 

[user 6228]

anyone tried this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Camo-Net-...ports_ET&var=550072384792&hash=item3a6e92b5a4

 

[Hivemaker.]

anyone tried this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Camo-Net-...ports_ET&var=550072384792&hash=item3a6e92b5a4

I find that just making a hide in a thick hedge,like beech, or behind some straw bales, works just as well for pigeon shooting.

 

[Chris Luck]

Just occasionally I'm glad to be in France and this is one of those times...bees and hives as cheap as chips and not worth nicking unless you are really, really, really, really desperate....

....and of course it's bee keepers or someone with good knowledge of the subject that nicks them.

Chris

 

[madasafish]

My hives are hidden behind a box hedge so not visible from the road ,painted green and brown.. and I wear a camo suit.

No need to advertise your presence .

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I find that just making a hide in a thick hedge,like beech, or behind some straw bales, works just as well for pigeon shooting.

Good idea HM - I wonder what shot size you should use for bee thieves?

 

[madasafish]

Good idea HM - I wonder what shot size you should use for bee thieves?

http://tinyurl.com/cwfnhfl tells you..

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

http://tinyurl.com/cwfnhfl tells you..

remember a few years ago at the Military Academy at Shrivenham playing (sorry, conducting tests) in the quaintly named 'terminal effects' laboratory we fired a solid lead 12 bore slug at a 4mm thick steel plate - it went straight through and hit the sand bund at the bottom of the range so hard we never found the slug. - so much for these filums where they hide behind a car door!!
firing crossbow bolts at policemen's helmets was fun as well - would have been better if they were occupied, but i doubt even a 12 bore slug would have gone through and through then

 

[REDWOOD]

All men/ women fall short in the eyes of god a theft of a hive is now different from adultery or any other commandment which law is based on

 

[Drew]

Good idea HM - I wonder what shot size you should use for bee thieves?

http://tinyurl.com/cwfnhfl tells you..

Having birdshot for self-defense can be effective. Loading a shotgun with two #4 birdshot rounds followed by 00 buck allows shooter to fire off two rounds for a close range intruder and use the rest in case the intruder gets further away or hides behind a wall or door.

Mmmmm nice light reading......

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Or if you're thinking of raiding a house - birdshot (to break window), gas (to fire through said window), two solid slugs (blow down door) and whatever you fancy after that

 

[Hivemaker.]

Good idea HM - I wonder what shot size you should use for bee thieves?

Just some Viri or Winchester cartriges with number five shot would do fine.

Or a Remington 9 ball SG, if they were really close, and i could be sure all 9 balls hit them.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I've usually got a belt of Express Super Game hanging handy in the cupboard under the stairs - 42 grams of number 1 shot: I've knocked down foxes dead with them through a full choked barrel at a measured 60 yards before now - that should suffice all the way down to when they turn the corner at the bottom of the hill