I’m kind of new to bee keeping, I just started my first 3 hives for my orchard.
One thing I figured out real quick though was if you are in bear country make sure your hives are well protected!
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“One thing I figured out real quick though was if you are in bear country make sure your hives are well protected!”
It isn’t just bears you have to worry about. There are more skunks and they will keep coming back every night until all your bees are gone.
The bees won’t fly at night, but they will come out if something is messing around with the hive. Skunks will eat the bees as soon as they come out.
A solar charger and a strand of low elec fence will get rid of the skunks.
That was my mistake.