Wolf spiders

[ohiomaple]

In the hive and the lid had 5 or so big wolf spiders in it. Hive tool did the trick but do they do anything to the hive or just like the hiding spot?

[bnatural]

The benefit they provide eating other bugs far outweighs the occasional bee they eat. You lose more bees against windshields than from spiders.

Bill

[USCBeeMan]

I thought wolf spiders lived in holes in the ground.

[bnatural]

I thought wolf spiders lived in holes in the ground.

Some do, but not all. Caveat: I don't know what kind of spider it is; my comment was regarding spiders in general. I have several large ones living under my coves, too. I leave them alone. Love 'em. For a while I kept about a half dozen tarantulas. Almost as much fun as bees.

Bill

[DRUR]

One of my colonies has a black jumping spider living in the corner. I leave it alone.

[Hambone]

One of my colonies has a black jumping spider living in the corner. I leave it alone.

All of mine do. I do as you do.

[DRUR]

When I first got married in 1977, my wife and I dwelt in an upstairs apartment. There was a big wolf spider that built a very large web from the railing of the porch to the soffits. Every day I came home from work I would pet the wolf spider on its back and it got to where it would not run but just sit there. There was always a web full of sceeters and flys. That spider and me became best of buddies. Then one day my inlaws came and visited and my wife's father thumped my buddy away, somewhere downstairs I suppose. Noticed right off when I came home, and my wife's father fessed up about the assault. I lost a good buddy that day and my relationship with my wife's father has never been the same. From that day on he was always my wife's father and not my father-in-law.