Someone has been down to my hives ...other than me

[dpearce4]

Keep them in old rickety hives with knot holes and splits (bees love hives like this and always seem to do well in them) and write on or under the roof...suspected AFB.

knowing my luck and tempting fate I would end up with AFB if I tried that.

 

[Worldsend]

Had two hives stolen from Denmead two years ago in February. Not visible from the road so must be someone local to the area.
6 belonging to another also taken around the same time from a nearby area

They stripped the hives and left the supers they didn't want

Becoming quite a regular occurrence in Hampshire

 

[charlievictorbravo]

I think there could be a problem with the security camera scenario.

During the day, they work on available light, record in colour and would probably be undetected. At night, when motion is detected, a little infra red light comes on and the camera records in black and light. The light is a bit of a give away so you'd need to put it high enough to be out of reach or you'd lose that too.

They generally record for a minimum of 10 seconds onto a SD card in the device.

CVB

 

[Hivemaker.]

a little infra red light comes on and the camera records in black and light. The light is a bit of a give away so you'd need to put it high enough to be out of reach or you'd lose that too.

What does this mean .....low beam IR model making Infra-red LED completely invisible at night !!

Does that mean it is fully visible at night?

I know a member of this forum who has one of these cameras at one of his apiaries, and that is not visible at night.

 

[Itchy]

There are two types I believe, IR light, which has a dark red glow and Blacklight, which doesn't.

 

[Stiffy]

I think there could be a problem with the security camera scenario.

During the day, they work on available light, record in colour and would probably be undetected. At night, when motion is detected, a little infra red light comes on and the camera records in black and light. The light is a bit of a give away so you'd need to put it high enough to be out of reach or you'd lose that too.

They generally record for a minimum of 10 seconds onto a SD card in the device.

CVB

Several years ago, I had three hives of bees stolen overnight at an out-apiary. The gits took the frames out of the boxes, leaving the empty boxes. I put up two trail cameras to try and catch them if they returned for the hives they left only to have one of the cameras stolen, they didn't touch the other hives! The only plus side is the bees stolen were my 'bad AMM girls ' I kept on this site as I couldn't safely keep them anywhere near people. I just hope when they tried to check the bees the following day they got their just desserts!
BTW I don't keep this strain of bee or use the apiary site anymore.
S

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[Hivemaker.]

BTW I don't keep this strain of bee or use the apiary site anymore.

Thought you would of been a staunch supporter of the gentle varroa tolerant Cornish darkish bee Steve.

 

[Stiffy]

Thought you would of been a staunch supporter of the gentle varroa tolerant Cornish darkish bee Steve.

Mmmmmmmmm if only it existed. Very happy with my Buckie's thank you
S

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[Gilberdyke John]

There are two types I believe, IR light, which has a dark red glow and Blacklight, which doesn't.

I have multi camera cctv coverage of my premises entrance, yard and buildings using a variety of cameras. The smaller cheap 6 led cameras have non visible ir but the better cameras have leds which can be seen glowing dull red in darkness. In general interference with one is monitored by another and the recorder is securely located elsewhere.
Most scrotes recognise what a ring of dull red light is and go somewhere else. For those that pull a hood up, low level invisible units still catch the faces. I installed a similar set up at our village hall and it effectively stopped a vandalism problem in its tracks.
Maybe not an answer for remote apiaries but if less than 80 metres from a secure building with power available £200 from ebay buys you a lot of peace of mind.

 

[The Drone Ranger]

I was messing around with a Mini A8 GPS tracker which you can get pretty cheaply
Don't get too excited though because the GPS tracking part is a bit of a non starter
You can have it triggered by sound
Best way to describe it is as a small unit half the size of a matchbox which can ring you up like a mobile phone and let you hear what it can hear
Battery only lasts a few days though on standby

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Flashbangs under the hive - simple spring activated switch held 'open' under the hive - once they move it BOOM!

 

[pargyle]

Flashbangs under the hive - simple spring activated switch held 'open' under the hive - once they move it BOOM!

Much as I share your sentiments ... one has to remember Tony Martin and the trauma that ensued after he shot at a couple of burglars ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(farmer)

 

[Itchy]

Shotgun blanks are legal in trip mines, shooting scrotes in the back isn't

 

[VEG]

shooting scrotes in the back isn't

It should be

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Shotgun blanks are legal in trip mines, shooting scrotes in the back isn't

Just shoot them in the front - that's allowed

 

[pargyle]

Shotgun blanks are legal in trip mines, shooting scrotes in the back isn't

That's not what I was getting at ... if you look further into the case you will find that one of the 'scrotes' who survived tried to sue him for 'loss of earnings' as a result of his injuries. Tony Martin had to defend it and pay for the defense whilst he was in prison when the instigator was elgible for legal aid ... Tony Martin now lives in seclusion at an unknown address with a bounty on his head put up by the family of the dead man (who are Travellers).

We live in litigious and frankly perverse times in cases that are brought to the law .... rightly or wrongly ...

 

[REDWOOD]

Are man traps still legal or am I a bit behind the times

 

[pargyle]

Are man traps still legal or am I a bit behind the times

If they were I'd have ones that caught the 'scrotes' by the 'scrotes' !!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Are man traps still legal or am I a bit behind the times

No - it's sexual discrimination so you have to buy the new person trap

 

[REDWOOD]

I'll just have to remember where I put them then