laurence edwardsOwner at Black Mountain Honey

What Damaged My Beehive - Honey Bees Versus Badger - Badger Damage #SHORTS

2 Jul 2021 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Laurence Edwards narrates a close-up of a beehive that has suffered a severe badger attack. He points out the chewed corner of the hive where the badger attempted to reach the honey, expresses hope that the bees gave the intruder a strong deterrent, and notes that during the height of summer bees are usually effective at scaring off badgers. Edwards plans to open the hive to inspect the colony’s condition after the damage, commenting on the likely painful experience the badger endured without a protective bee suit.

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So what we have in this colony here is a severe badger attack. You can just see where the badger has tried as best as he possibly can to get in there, try and get that honey, chewed off one of the corners. Hopefully the bees gave him a really good scare and he won't come back, but he has had a serious go at getting into that beehive. I'll open them up, I'll check they're okay. Normally in the height of the summer, the bees are pretty good at scaring off the badgers. Because they give me a good going over when I get in there on them anyway, um, and if it was a badger with no bee suit on, I'm sure he took a hell of a lot of stings.