Carpet Strips Bee Hive Skunk

Skunks are doing serious damage to my honey bee colonies this winter.

Carpet strips bee hive skunk.

Greg muelrath 26 400 views. In this video i show you up close how a skunk approaches a beehive at night and how he eats the honey bees. That could be a compounding problem over the course of several days or weeks but as long as we ve. Skunk at the bee hive.

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. 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. 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. But for me i would react differently. How many bees does he actually eat. One good preventive measure is to place carpet tack strips you.

Jerome bee farm homestead recommended for you. This helps keep skunks from scratching the hive with their hands to draw out bees from the safety of the box. Many of us have bear fences that usually keep out skunks and opossums. During those times the frequency was more sporadic and the damage was less severe.

February 18 2018 eric miller. 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. Saving a bee hive from starvation s4e5 duration. I do think a skunk can depopulate a hive with time and the hives population will suffer.

These are usually from skunks trying to get the bees to come out of the hive in order to defend it thus becoming the skunk s midnight snack. They seem to be targeting a handful of hives and i m worried those bullied colonies won t make it to spring. The author of the video is not concerned of this loss of bees.