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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: danno on October 08, 2012, 09:38:27 AM

Title: mouse guards
Post by: danno on October 08, 2012, 09:38:27 AM
for those of you that use mouse guards I found a new, easy and effective material.  Its the aluminum mesh used to give cultured stone something to grip to.  It 5.00 for a 3 X 8 ft pc at Lowes and the holes are about 1/2 X 3/8.   It cuts easy and is east to bend.  I simply cut strips and stapled the over the entrance
Title: Re: mouse guards
Post by: BabcockFarms on October 09, 2012, 01:03:11 AM
I was thinking of using hardware cloth. Any one else used it before an what size?
Title: Re: mouse guards
Post by: danno on October 09, 2012, 09:01:51 AM
Quote from: BabcockFarms on October 09, 2012, 01:03:11 AM
I was thinking of using hardware cloth. Any one else used it before an what size?
I have always used hardware cloth but 1/4 is to small and 1/2 is to big.  What I did was fold 1/2 so the holes didn't line up reducing the size to about 1/2 wide by 3/8 high.   3/8 is the size I want and that what this aluminum mesh is plus its cheaper
Title: Re: mouse guards
Post by: wadehump on October 21, 2012, 09:18:40 AM
I use 1/4 inch my small call- natural cell bees get thru.