>

We had an incident last year where a wandering bull crashed through some
neighboring fence.  The bull pushed over several hives leaving only dung
and a few black hairs as tell-tale clues.   After examining the remains
I surmised the bull had a mighty sweet-tooth.  Since the hives were
being fed using one gallon top-feeders (the day prior) and these were
found empty to the last drop, it's easy to imagine the bottles were
rolled along the ground until emptied.

The neighbor mended his fence and I stopped feeding which brought things
back to order.  As the rancher put it "try to keep a bull fenced in when
it wants something".  They'll put their body weight into the barbedwire
until it snaps.    Whether the bull smelled the sugar-water from the
next property or when it wandered next to the hives is my question.

Matthew Westall - Earthling Bees - Castle Rock, CO

>

> Thom Bradley wrote:
>         The problem with horses and cows comes into play when they are
> not
> separated. The large animals find the stacked colonies convenient to
> scratch on, until they push over the hives or upset the bees.
>
> Steve Jones wrote:
> > along. Should I plan on moving my bees?  Is it that big of a
> problem?
> > How about if they decide on cows?