Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

We have an armadillo that digs under the outer fence, digs under the horse pasture fence and rumbles around. I figure it is going for grubs and such in the downed, rotted dead trees. Most of the so called horse pasture is a snarl of thicket, with dead trees on the ground from the 2011 drought. We'll get to it someday.....

Anyway, when the armadillo comes calling, it drives Paris nuts. She doesn't have access to the horse pasture, so she barks all night at it. It has been doing this since we moved here. I wish it would dig under the fence into her area. There would be no more armadillo.

 

[Mike CHS]

I think we have an armadillo that works the ground just outside the fence the wethers are in. I havne't seen it but I'm pretty sure that's what it is.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That is one animal that Gabbie will recognize almost immediately when we take her out....guess they have a distinctive odor....cause she will immediately bristle up and go straight into her harshest bark....oh, and she has developed a really strong pull .....

 

[Mike CHS]

They aren't real bright evidently. This one has been digging right up to the fence line and I'm not sure when Thor is going to figure out that he can clear that fence.

We are over run with Wood Bees this spring. I built one trap earlier that is already 3/4 of bees and the bees have only been active for about 3 weeks. Teresa and I threw together a couple more traps this morning to cover more area.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I have noticed very few bees of any sorts here this year. There are so many blooms and especially the different clovers and usually they are teaming with bee activity....not this year. I've seen a few carpenter bees, but nothing like normal. I guess this past winter has been a tough one for the bees....a lot of hives around here froze in all the drastic changes we experienced.

 

[Mike CHS]

We still have a lot of bee activity but I don't know where they all stay.

here are a couple of 5 minute Carpenter Bee traps:

 

[Baymule]

Armadillos always leave their pock mark, snout sized, digs for grubs, in the dirt. Sometimes you can find tracks with a tail drag mark.

What is the purpose of the wood bee traps and what do you do with them?

 

[Mike CHS]

The bees enter the holes on the sides of the wood and work their way down the main hole until they go into the jar. They can't figure out how to get back out so die in the jar. Those things are a major destructive critter around us. One neighbor has bore holes all around his house.

We hang them around buildings/structures where they are attempting to bore holes.

 

[Latestarter]

I haven't seen or heard a single honey bee this spring... My bradford pear was buzzing last year as was the pasture with the weed flowers and the Chinese yew bushes in bloom. Nothing at all this year. I find it really sad.

 

[Mike CHS]

We have bees around but there isn't a lot for them to have a reason to do a whole lot. The few plants that I have blooming are just about over run with them.