Mouse Guards

[eddiespangle]

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[eddiespangle]

Opened the lid of an old Nuc Box to find 12 sets of beady eyes staring back at me!

 

[beeno]

Hi Eddiespangle,
That must have been a shock. Wood mice, they are cute. Apparently, the bees don't like the smell of mice, so make sure you clean it out properly.

 

[Erichalfbee]

yes....woodmice

 

[eddiespangle]

2 jumped out before I could take a photo. Cute but no place in my hive!

 

[ultreen1]

Very cute!

 

[victor meldrew]

House mice are apparently noticeable by their absence.
Read an article to that effect a couple of days ago !
I've never had a mouse of any variety in either house or honey house .
Seen a mouse nest in a pile of badly stacked supers at club out apiary !!
VM

 

[thepliedes]

Flippin' 'eck!

 

[YorkshireBees]

Not seen any in / around the hives but caught about a dozen in traps in the outside shed I use to store my spare boxes / supers!
Luckily I have never yet had any damage as I store the boxes on old QX's (finally found a use for the T's ones that were too small a spacing!).

 

[Nic Rhodes]

Found four nests on 1st doing oxalic, one nuc dead, the rest was in roofs, or spare kit. Will need to be a bit more careful next year wrt mouse guards on spare kit.

 

[BeeJayBee]

House mice are apparently noticeable by their absence.

Not here they aren't!!!

 

[keith pierce]

great photos. I would have thought they would of had some sort of nesting material in there , or did you remove it.

 

[Redcap]

Great picture. Hmmm haven't bothered with mouseguards this year...hope I dont regret it.

 

[Jeff Buzz]

Set a trap in my beehouse last week had two in the same trap the first night and two again the second. Down to one a night now. Peanut butter the best bait

 

[Cazza]

Peanut butter the best bait

Definately works for me. (30 caught in the garage since Autumn.)
Cazza

 

[eddiespangle]

great photos. I would have thought they would of had some sort of nesting material in there , or did you remove it.

The built their nest in the frames. I had to take the frames out to get a good look at the mice!

 

[irishguy]

Did you leave the box on the ground

 

[drstitson]

here's the nest of the pesky bleeder(s) that did for my unexpected swarm.

 

[rockdoc]

Yes, peanut is the best bait. I've had two attacks to my flour store under the stairs, hole now sealed, but why did nature create an animal that s**ts where it eats!!!!

 

[eddiespangle]

No the box was on a stand.