Hi Paul
I sent you a picture of top bar hives in Kenya - hanging with wire at each
end from trees. Not only ants but elephants are a hazard there and this
seems to do the trick. Are there any suitable trees in your new location?
Pic attached again for general interest.
Helen
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
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