[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) writes: Are there badgers in America? On a couple of occasions I have had hives badgered in the way you describe. The first time I was able to follow a trail of frames down their trail. Yes, we have the American badger (Taxidea taxus). It is a _North American_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America) _badger_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger) , somewhat similar in appearance to the _European badger_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_badger) , found in the western and central _United States_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) . My crew told me someone was stealing hives on the Idaho National Engineering Site, which seemed really odd, since you have to have security clearance to get to the area where we had the hives. I went to look, counted, and found they were correct; several hives were missing. I looked around, walked out into the sagebrush. I stubbed my toe on something. Looked down, and found the corner of a hive-body sticking up. The animal was carrying off the nucs and burying them. Jerry *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm