Remember when we had snow a few weeks ago and we tried guessing the tracks in the snow?

There are apparently several critters who keep an eye on the hives.

I was out working in the yard a few nights ago, heading into the evening hours, when I saw a large opossum sneak out of the woods, run along the wooden fence line and duck under the bee hives.



I grabbed my flash light and ran over to take a look.

He was standing below the hives (which are on stands) licking the ground until it was spotless. I think he was eating the wax cappings, drips of honey, bee parts, etc.

I ran into the house, grabbed my camera to take a movie, but by the time I got back, he was clinging to a branch a few feet off the ground to the sides of the hives.



The whole time I watched him he never tried to get into the hives, he seemed opportunistic to just eat what scraps of wax and dead bees he could find on the ground, and then left.