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.

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. In this video i show you up close how a skunk approaches a beehive at night and how he eats the honey bees. 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. How many bees does he actually eat.

I do think a skunk can depopulate a hive with time and the hives population will suffer. This helps keep skunks from scratching the hive with their hands to draw out bees from the safety of the box. That could be a compounding problem over the course of several days or weeks but as long as we ve. February 18 2018 eric miller.

I ve posted about critters eating my bees a couple times in the past. 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. Many of us have bear fences that usually keep out skunks and opossums.

One good preventive measure is to place carpet tack strips you. Saving a bee hive from starvation s4e5 duration. Skunks are doing serious damage to my honey bee colonies this winter. The author of the video is not concerned of this loss of bees.

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. But for me i would react differently. Greg muelrath 26 400 views. Jerome bee farm homestead recommended for you.

If you don t have a bear fence carpet tack strips attached to a board located at. During those times the frequency was more sporadic and the damage was less severe. The skunk is renowned for scratching around the hive entrance swatting the bees that come out to see what all the fuss is about and then contentedly munching on them in their dazed and injured.