Carpet Strips Bee Hive Skunk

They seem to be targeting a handful of hives and i m worried those bullied colonies won t make it to spring.

Carpet strips bee hive skunk.

The author of the video is not concerned of this loss of bees. But for me i would react differently. To stop this raise the hive up so the skunk can t reach it or put a carpet tack strip on the edge of the landing board with the tacks facing forward towards the entrance of the hive. Yellow jackets duration.

Jerome bee farm homestead recommended for you. That could be a compounding problem over the course of several days or weeks but as long as we ve. A common solution is to run a strip of carpet tack in front of the entrance. While it won t stop reckless bear destruction using carpeting tackboards on the base of the hives even above mouse guards can be an effective deterrent for other pests.

I ve posted about critters eating my bees a couple times in the past. It may keep raccoons and especially skunks from doing much more than scratching a bit before they wander off and hopefully before the bees get agitated and vulnerable. Greg muelrath 26 400 views. Many of us have bear fences that usually keep out skunks and opossums.

This helps keep skunks from scratching the hive with their hands to draw out bees from the safety of the box. Skunks are doing serious damage to my honey bee colonies this winter. February 18 2018 eric miller. Yes they do they come out at night and scratch the front of the hive and eat the bees as they come out to investigate they will come back every night till the hive is almost empty.

If you don t have a bear fence carpet tack strips attached to a board located at. One good preventive measure is to place carpet tack strips you. During those times the frequency was more sporadic and the damage was less severe. Skunk at the bee hive.

Saving a bee hive from starvation s4e5 duration. How many bees does he actually eat. I do think a skunk can depopulate a hive with time and the hives population will suffer.