Allen wrote: <I do put out mouse poison blocks under the pallets, and that 
could be the solution, too.>

Next fall I will put poison under the pallets and I may do it this spring if 
the shrew excluders fail. Today I made these for the hives being raided.

http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn77/sealevelas/Bees/?action=view&current=shrew_entrance_reducer.jpg

Also thank you Bill T. for letting me know you have success with this 
method. I am just glad the problem is limited to a couple of hives, those 
are very little nails to hammer in. I also set a few traps, they are like 
mouse Havaheart traps but I do not have a heart when I catch something, they 
are crow food.

Karen Kimball 

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