> My experience is that colonies raised up on stands somewhat higher
> than the usual stand are seldom bothered by skunks.  I am talking
> about raising the colonies about 8 inches off the ground with some
> sort of stand.

Maybe that is why we seldom have trouble any more.  We use grocery
pallets (40 x 48") or custom bee pallets under our hives.

allen
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