Has anybody had coon problems?  I had a hive (four mediums, two of them
only foundation) tipped over last night and scattered around.  Not enough
damage to have been a bear (as far as I know there aren't any around here
anyway), and coyotes and mountain lions (which ARE around) seem unlikely
suspects.  The nature of the post-capsizing damage (4 frames of brood
destroyed, but not the gross equipment-damage that bears reportedly
inflict) seems to indicate non-human activity.  (This was a
recently-hived wild swarm, with no surplus honey yet).  The only other
thing  I can think of is a big coon  The biggest coon I ever saw weighed
40 pounds, and it's hard for me to believe that even that monster could
have upended that hive.  I expect the varmint may have climbed onto the
slanted front board on the hive stand and over-balanced the stack onto
himself (it was sitting on concrete blocks).  Pity it didn't kill him.
 
Walter Weller
Post Office Box 270
Wakefield, Louisiana  70784
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