Hi Paul
As you know my hives are on various farmer's land.
I know there are badgers in the area with access to the hives. To date I've
not had badgers get into a hive.
Most of the hives are substantial top bar hives but I also have some nuc
size boxes on the ground and fingers crossed no problems.
Gino
On 6 March 2018 at 22:10, Paul Honigmann <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Long story short, I have to move my horizontal top bar hives off the
allotments. I have been offered a marvellous alternative site, but it is
infested by badgers. I have heard TBH's are "more resistant" to badgers
than other types, but I don't know HOW badger-proof they are. Does anyone
have any information on whether badgers ignore nearby TBHs or just do their
usual smash-and-eat thing?
Ironically, the site's owners brought up the subject of badgers by asking
if the *bees* would be a hazard to the *badgers*. I relayed Alison's
story about a badger eating a wasp nest, wasps and all.
Paul
