Some sh!t has attacked one of my hives :(

[The Riviera Kid]

Just got back from putting a mouse guard on and found the brood box half off the mesh floor, and big stones and clumps of earth lying in front of it.

Words fail me.

I must resort to emoticons

 

[thurrock bees]

ive had the same treatment also, they kicked them over and shot at the hive later on. took me nearly 6 months to get the hive sorted out.

 

[BKF Admin]

I know its not the answer but this may help: How to use Spanset Hive Straps

 

[Andy Duff]

Years ago my grandfather had problems with vandals attacking our hives on his allotment, we used anti theft trip wire mines that set off a blank shotgun cartridge. see below-

www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/ALARM_MINES.htm

They have to be high enough off the ground so the local moggy does not set them off. They work very well in rural areas as the scallys think they are being shot at.

Cheers

Angus

 

[Chrisfnvs]

I Had the same thing a couple of years ago, i had to move the hives in the end, now i leave rachet straps on all the time just in case, also we have deers at one of our yards, in the summer a deer knocked a hive over, it stayed in one piece i just picked it up and the bees just carried on as if nothing had happened, good luck i hope this is a one off Chris

 

[countryman]

alarm mines

i very much like them alarm mines could do a very good job with a bit of dye in front so it gets the *******s

 

[Poggle]

In my other "job", I do an aweful lot of wild life filming. Here is the infrared camera I have used to film gentlemen murdering Otters and Swans and poaching fish and certain people stealing fruit on an allotment in the area. Nice and cheap, there are two versions and both do a good job You can take video or stills, and the camera can be left in place for up to a year as well.

http://www.bushnell.com/products/trail-cameras/trophy-cam/

 

[dpearce4]

Tell us more Poggle!!!

 

[The Cumbrian]

In my other "job", I do an aweful lot of wild life filming. Here is the infrared camera I have used to film gentlemen murdering Otters and Swans and poaching fish and certain people stealing fruit on an allotment in the area. Nice and cheap, there are two versions and both do a good job You can take video or stills, and the camera can be left in place for up to a year as well.

http://www.bushnell.com/products/trail-cameras/trophy-cam/

That's an interesting technique for not getting the URL filled with stars!!

Have it so that it can only be seen when you are going to reply to the post!

Whoops now it seems to have appeared.

 

[Poggle]

Tell us more Poggle!!!

More about what A lot of what I film is handed to the police for them to deal with and due to it being evidence cann't be shown But, it came as a total shock for the allotment chaps to be shown the video evidence that it was NOT travellers who were stealing the fruit and some veg from the plots, it was in fact one of their own members One CANNOT argue with full colour video I am afraid.

 

[dpearce4]

do they know you supplyed the cam?

 

[Poggle]

do they know you supplyed the cam?

Does who know?

 

[dpearce4]

the member who was caught. if they knew there was going to be a camera set up they must have either been very stupid or very desperate.

 

[hallshoney]

last spring went to do some inspections and found 3 hives peppered with air rifle pellets. As i live in a small village i know most of the kids/young adults so asked around and drew a blank. Then my eldest girl came home from school and said a girl in her class had boasted about her and her dad had used some boxes in the quarry up the road a target practise. When i asked him why he said he just wanted to show his kid how good a shot he was. This chap isnt an unemployed dosser he a manager of a large supermarket.

 

[Headnavigator]

So sorry about the attacks on your hives. We have had one of these cameras for a couple of years - it has been invaluable in showing us what has been around the garden and hives after dark - badgers, foxes, heifers, as well as birdlife and red squirrels during the day. And of course any unsuspecting human intruders, though my fear is that the first thing they might see and nick is the camera itself! We've subsequently spent a lot on secure fencing, what we saw changed our priorities but not those of the badgers unfortunately.

 

[Poggle]

the member who was caught. if they knew there was going to be a camera set up they must have either been very stupid or very desperate.

No, only the Chairman and Secretary knew the camera was being placed on the allotment.

 

[The Riviera Kid]

Shooting at hives? that's a first for me. I will talk to the farmer where the bees are at the weekend and discuss.

Thanks for all the ideas and support. I have access to lots of scrap timber so I may build a frame of some kind for next year. It won't stop anyone throwing stuff at the hive but it will stop it moving.

There is just the brood box there at the moment so it is "bottom heavy" as it were, but when there is a tower of supers on there in summer it would be much easier to topple.

The hive is quite remote, and under the eaves of a spinney though visible over the nearby hedge to a field. In summer of course the hedge is thick and full of leaves but now they have started to drop the hedge doesn't provide the visual screen protection that it did.

I suppose it could have been worse and I should count my lucky stars really. It was just a hassle trying to sort it all out in the dark. The entrance block had dropped out in to the long grass

last spring went to do some inspections and found 3 hives peppered with air rifle pellets. As i live in a small village i know most of the kids/young adults so asked around and drew a blank.

 

[richardbees]

The Riviera Kid

You have all my sympathy........I'd hate to find my hives vandalised.

It's pointless setting traps to identify the culprits and any serious deterrents are banned.

(Whereabouts in L are you? - I was brought up in Narborough Road South)

richard

 

[Erichalfbee]

Awful RK I hope everything is ok in the end.

In my other "job", I do an aweful lot of wild life filming. Here is the infrared camera I have used to film gentlemen murdering Otters and Swans and poaching fish and certain people stealing fruit on an allotment in the area. Nice and cheap, there are two versions and both do a good job You can take video or stills, and the camera can be left in place for up to a year as well.

I have one of these and use it in the garden for the wildlife...great fun.

Poggle, we'll have to call you "Father Brown"

 

[Andy Duff]

Shooting at hives? that's a first for me. I will talk to the farmer where the bees are at the weekend and discuss.

Thanks for all the ideas and support. I have access to lots of scrap timber so I may build a frame of some kind for next year. It won't stop anyone throwing stuff at the hive but it will stop it moving.

There is just the brood box there at the moment so it is "bottom heavy" as it were, but when there is a tower of supers on there in summer it would be much easier to topple.

The hive is quite remote, and under the eaves of a spinney though visible over the nearby hedge to a field. In summer of course the hedge is thick and full of leaves but now they have started to drop the hedge doesn't provide the visual screen protection that it did.

I suppose it could have been worse and I should count my lucky stars really. It was just a hassle trying to sort it all out in the dark. The entrance block had dropped out in to the long grass

[A few pallets stood on end would provide both a barrier against rocks and pellets and make a wind break