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    Home » Articles » Beekeeping

    Bear or Varmint takes apart an empty hive

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · 1 Comment

    I had been using this empty hive as a bait hive, hoping to catch a swarm from - no luck there - and I had just left this outside the garage. I had meant to put it inside the garage, but you know how that goes.

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    Then that night Charlie Pup was barking at the window looking towards the garage, and i figured she was barking at a shadow.

    But then come morning I see some animal has taken the empty hive apart. Luckily it wasn't too broken up. There was a mix of wax foundation and plastic foundation frames that hadn't been drawn out yet.

    Can't say this was a bear, it may have been a raccoon or skunk, but it reminds me not to leave beekeeping gear outside anymore.

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    1. randy proctor

      November 03, 2014 at 9:10 am

      I made your sugar cake and it did not harden, it breaks apart when lifting out of pan. We made it on Friday 10-31 and today we tried to take it out and it kinda crumbles. we did the 5lbs of sugar, 7 1/2 oz water and 1 tsp of HoneyBeeHealthy. Mixed real well and put in a waxed paper liner and make a hard candy? Thank you...we are new to bee keeping and this our first winter experience

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