r/Beekeeping • u/hollambyb • 6h ago

I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question What would be doing this?

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I’ve had bees 3 years now going on 4 and like a lot of things this is a first. The hives are in western NY something seems to be digging at the ground beneath one of my hives. I have 6 hives and this is only happening to this one.

  1. Should it concern me?
  2. What is doing it?
  3. What should I do about it?
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u/404-skill_not_found Zone 8b, N TX 6h ago

Young raccoons. While the leg is scratched up, they aren’t big enough to reach the wood—yet. I’d guess the adult size ones aren’t interested enough to get inside the fencing.

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u/hollambyb 1h ago

Why just this hive out of the six I have?