[BeeWill]

Something has damaged the bottom board on this hive. The bees in this hive seem to come and go only out of the corner where this damage is. I read of skunks scratching on a bottom board at night to attract bees to eat -- is that what's going on here? Looks like more than scratching.

 

[WWW]

It might be a good idea to purchase or borrow a live trap and see what you come up with before too much more damage is done.

 

[Rader Sidetrack]

I don't know what critter it was, but the long scratches to the right of the missing wood certainly look like claw marks.

 

[JakeDatc]

Porcupines like to chew on stuff like that if there was something remaining on it.

 

[GOHoney]

Skunk, **** or possum.

 

[JMoore]

That doesn't look like chewing to me. By the looks of the cracks and large splinters it seems as if something fell on it and knocked a chunk of wood off.

I'd say it was a meteorite. It's a better story than a porcupine.

 

[bugman2]

If you know someone with a trail cam that you can borrow it will show you what it is.

 

[Tim KS]

I'd set up a game camera and find out what kind of critter is doing that. Then a trap, electric fence or perhaps a sleepless night with the shotgun.

 

[Colino]

Something has damaged the bottom board on this hive. The bees in this hive seem to come and go only out of the corner where this damage is. I read of skunks scratching on a bottom board at night to attract bees to eat -- is that what's going on here? Looks like more than scratching.

Are there Badgers in your neck of the woods?