Closed for winter

[mmmooretx]

My other two hives have not sealed off the mouse guard like this. Thought it was strange, and decided to share.

[EastSideBuzz]

They know what they want. But, you want some ventilation so you might think about popping a few more holes.

[mmmooretx]

I will listen to the bees, but it will be interesting to see when they will open them back up!

[AstroBee]

Was the SBB open or closed when they did this? I don't run mouse guards on any of my hives, but have seen bees make a propolis bridge across the bottom of the frames. That happened on a colony that had an open SBB.

[Dave Burrup]

When did you put the mouse guards on? That material looks more like a mouse's work the the work of bees. Did you already have a mouse in residence when the guards were put in place?
Dave

[mmmooretx]

When did you put the mouse guards on? That material looks more like a mouse's work the the work of bees. Did you already have a mouse in residence when the guards were put in place?
Dave

No it is actually propolis, I did touch/press it to be sure, and have done several full inspections after the guards were in place.
Thanks for bringing that up.

[mmmooretx]

I just closed up the bottoms late yesterday afternoon since we were alerted to a light freeze last night. I am running all Country Rubes SBBs and put the plastic gridded varroa boards in yesterday sprayed with Pam. Unfortunately I did not check yesterday, but on the previous Sunday it was not sealed up. I have a field behind me and my cat brings mouse trophy's home all the time, so I put them on in Sept. to make sure I had no extra guests.