Mouse guard?

[Rhyolite]

Good weekend everyone.

If I keep the inspection board removed for the winter, is it necessary to have a mouse guard as I can't imagine mice tolerating the airflow?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Good weekend everyone.

If I keep the inspection board removed for the winter, is it necessary to have a mouse guard as I can't imagine mice tolerating the airflow?

Which is why they crawl up into the frames

 

[Speybee]

You don’t want a resident mouse anywhere.
I had one last year who spread chaos by chewing bits off of all my “securely” sealed frames.
This gourmet mouse nibbled his way through bits of all my boxed frames by nibbling his way through the thick polythene taped around the boxes.
This Spring I got a nasty surprise and despite tidbits ranging from cheese to peanut butter Mr Gourmet mouse turned his nose up at the mousetrap offerings.
I had to install a cat as a precaution and quick dispatch of said rodent.

 

[Speybee]

You don’t want a resident mouse anywhere.
I had one last year who spread chaos by chewing bits off of all my “securely” sealed frames.
This gourmet mouse nibbled his way through bits of all my boxed frames by nibbling his way through the thick polythene taped around the boxes.
This Spring I got a nasty surprise and despite tidbits ranging from cheese to peanut butter Mr Gourmet mouse turned his nose up at the mousetrap offerings.
I had to install a cat as a precaution and quick dispatch of said rodent.

 

[Speybee]

Here was me thinking my stored supers were in the rodent proof version of Fort Knox.
How wrong I was.

 

[Rhyolite]

If I make a custom mouse guard, what size should I drill the holes into the strip of metal?

 

[bobthecob]

Good weekend everyone.

If I keep the inspection board removed for the winter, is it necessary to have a mouse guard as I can't imagine mice tolerating the airflow?

Sadly the airflow does not deter them. They just block it off with nesting material, some of which will be made by chewing your frames to pieces.

 

[Speybee]

If I make a custom mouse guard, what size should I drill the holes into the strip of metal?

Why give yourself all that work , a metal mouse guard costs buttons as does a wooden wbc mouse guard

 

[Swarm]

You can make a mouse guard entrance block with a spare. Knock some pins in at 6mm apart like a portcullis.