Allen writes: I see skunks of all ages around the yard and drinking at our pond, yet we seldom see much scratching at the hives. Peter: We do everything we can to prevent bears from molesting the hives (electric fence at every yard) but I don't have a clue how to prevent skunk damage unless it were to put some kind of guards on all 200 hives (we're going to 300 this year). I have just accepted skunk damage and the resultant annoyed bees. In the "good old days" beekeepers put strychnine tablets on the landing boards. Any ideas -- aside from moving to England?