mouse guards

danno · October 06, 2009, 10:51:07 AM

I have been looking for 3/8 mesh wire to make mouse guards with no luck. In the past I have used 1/2 and it worked most of the time but had a few problems. Yesterday I made new one by taking a 4 1/2 pc of 1/2" and folded it then stapled it to a 3/4X3/4X16 1/4 inch pc of wood. The folded edge is down so I wont have the problem of cut wires catching and polking me. This made a very ridged about 3/8 guard

qa33010 · October 07, 2009, 11:56:38 PM

Most of my hives are far enough off the ground that the mice have stayed away so far. The one closer (single cinder block height) I have used 1/4" hardware cloth and it works fine. My problem is finding 1/8" anymore.

danno · October 08, 2009, 08:55:35 AM

Quote from: qa33010 on October 07, 2009, 11:56:38 PM
Most of my hives are far enough off the ground that the mice have stayed away so far. The one closer (single cinder block height) I have used 1/4" hardware cloth and it works fine. My problem is finding 1/8" anymore.

Around here everyone has !/8, 1/4 and 1/2. I was trying to find 3/8

Michael Bush · October 10, 2009, 11:59:06 AM

Back when I had mouse guards and no top entrances, I used 1/4"

NasalSponge · October 14, 2009, 06:35:59 PM

I just came in from installing mine...they are 1/4"

iddee · October 14, 2009, 07:12:14 PM

I have a 100 ft. roll of 3/8....

leechmann · October 14, 2009, 10:07:14 PM

Do you just cover the whole entrance with the hardware cloth and then the bees just come and go throught the mesh?