http://mckellier.com Today I have been... Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mckellier.com/?p=455#comment-14 Mark Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:31:46 +0000 http://mckellier.com/?p=455#comment-14 This hive (I have 7 others around the county) is in my garden - never bothered with a mouse guard as I have 3 cats and mice tend not to live long! Don't have to worry about woodpeckers, but do have a kestrel that flys over occasionally, sometimes it sits on the bench eyeing up the chickens! This hive (I have 7 others around the county) is in my garden – never bothered with a mouse guard as I have 3 cats and mice tend not to live long! Don’t have to worry about woodpeckers, but do have a kestrel that flys over occasionally, sometimes it sits on the bench eyeing up the chickens!

]]> http://mckellier.com/?p=455#comment-13 Tricia_Lock Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:21:23 +0000 http://mckellier.com/?p=455#comment-13 Mouseguard off? I've left mine on in case winter produces a nasty ps. Left on the woodpecker protection as well - can't claim any expertise as I am just starting my 3rd season. Like you, the relief and sense of expectation when you see them busy after winter is just wonderful. Mouseguard off? I’ve left mine on in case winter produces a nasty ps. Left on the woodpecker protection as well – can’t claim any expertise as I am just starting my 3rd season. Like you, the relief and sense of expectation when you see them busy after winter is just wonderful.

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