Badger Ripped out Wasp Nest........!

[toby63 1,236]

yes badgers do the same to bumble bees nests thats why the bees are declining.

[nod 285]

There I was thinking the mites had something to do with bees declining but nope the badgers are to blame :/

[toby63 1,236]

ye the badgers are to blame for alot of things.why you badger lover or sumet.

[Simoman 110]

ye the badgers are to blame for alot of things.why you badger lover or sumet.

The decline in bumble bees has little to do with badgers. Nice pic Rofle, been a couple of years since i have found a nest dug up like that.......

[Matt 160]

ye the badgers are to blame for alot of things.why you badger lover or sumet.

The decline in bumble bees has little to do with badgers. Nice pic Rofle, been a couple of years since i have found a nest dug up like that.......

 

Got to disagree there Simon.

 

The badger population here in the SW is so huge now that they are hoovering up everything in their wake. It's not unusual to see hungry badgers out in broad daylight looking for food, and whilst walking the mutts I've seen countless bumbles that have been dug out.

 

While I'm sure the Varoa mite has taken it's toll of bumbles, the badgers around here are killing everything they can get to.

[toby63 1,236]

same here matt am in nw lancs n brock euerywur i go through woods and u see them dug up mostly under hedges .

[Simoman 110]

ye the badgers are to blame for alot of things.why you badger lover or sumet.

The decline in bumble bees has little to do with badgers. Nice pic Rofle, been a couple of years since i have found a nest dug up like that.......

 

Got to disagree there Simon.

 

The badger population here in the SW is so huge now that they are hoovering up everything in their wake. It's not unusual to see hungry badgers out in broad daylight looking for food, and whilst walking the mutts I've seen countless bumbles that have been dug out.

 

While I'm sure the Varoa mite has taken it's toll of bumbles, the badgers around here are killing everything they can get to.

 

Perhaps your right Matt, and i have no doubt the explosion in the badger population hasnt helped, but numbers have been dclining since the 1950's, i think the main problem with bumblebee decimation isn't brock, but a combination of mites, pesticides, changes in agriculture and insecticides....

[paulus 26]

ye the badgers are to blame for alot of things.why you badger lover or sumet.

The decline in bumble bees has little to do with badgers. Nice pic Rofle, been a couple of years since i have found a nest dug up like that.......

 

Got to disagree there Simon.

 

The badger population here in the SW is so huge now that they are hoovering up everything in their wake. It's not unusual to see hungry badgers out in broad daylight looking for food, and whilst walking the mutts I've seen countless bumbles that have been dug out.

 

While I'm sure the Varoa mite has taken it's toll of bumbles, the badgers around here are killing everything they can get to.

 

Perhaps your right Matt, and i have no doubt the explosion in the badger population hasnt helped, but numbers have been dclining since the 1950's, i think the main problem with bumblebee decimation isn't brock, but a combination of mites, pesticides, changes in agriculture and insecticides....

nowt to do with the amount of houses and hard surfacing thats been built since the 50`s. given wasp and bees nests are built above and below ground it would hard to believe badgers have that much of an impact.

[Matt 160]

Badgers are having a big impact on everything down here.

 

20 years ago, hedgehogs were common, and at some times of year you would see dozens dead on the roads.

 

I've got no doubt that the start of the decline in species like the bumble bee was down to loss of habitat and over zelous farming practices; but things have changed now, and what's left of our hedgehogs and bumble bees are being seriously wiped out by the ever increasing number of badgers.

 

Badgers, while not uncommon were rarely seen at night a couple of decades ago. The other day I saw 2 out foraging on the side of a road near here at four o'clock in the afternoon. A month or so ago my two elderly labs found one on a walk out in the morning (luckily no harm done).

 

They are wiping out some of our flaura and fauna around here AND spreading TB. The bTB situation in devon is getting so bad that pets are now getting infected. The government, of course, are trying to hush it up; but pet cats, ferrets (yes, ferrets), dogs, deer, alpacas and cattle are dying from bTB, while the badger population rampages on unchecked.

 

If you live in a part of the country where badgers are still at fairly 'normal' levels, then think yourself lucky. In places down here there are more badgers per acre than rabbits.

[Simoman 110]

Badgers are having a big impact on everything down here.

 

20 years ago, hedgehogs were common, and at some times of year you would see dozens dead on the roads.

 

I've got no doubt that the start of the decline in species like the bumble bee was down to loss of habitat and over zelous farming practices; but things have changed now, and what's left of our hedgehogs and bumble bees are being seriously wiped out by the ever increasing number of badgers.

 

Badgers, while not uncommon were rarely seen at night a couple of decades ago. The other day I saw 2 out foraging on the side of a road near here at four o'clock in the afternoon. A month or so ago my two elderly labs found one on a walk out in the morning (luckily no harm done).

 

They are wiping out some of our flaura and fauna around here AND spreading TB. The bTB situation in devon is getting so bad that pets are now getting infected. The government, of course, are trying to hush it up; but pet cats, ferrets (yes, ferrets), dogs, deer, alpacas and cattle are dying from bTB, while the badger population rampages on unchecked.

 

If you live in a part of the country where badgers are still at fairly 'normal' levels, then think yourself lucky. In places down here there are more badgers per acre than rabbits.

 

Matt, they are everywhere here. Far too overpopulated, and yes i saw half a dozen in daylight crossing a road near a busy town a couple of years ago. And i agree they are causing problems with TB, but is till say with regards to bumble bees other factors have been far more detrimental. Thats very interesting about the hedgehogs though, i remember 10 years ago finding them in the garden, on walks and pottering around in the evening, now you rarely see one squashed on the road and i cant remember the last time i saw a live one..........

[Bushwacker 13]

The farmers have been blamed for ages now for the decline of ground nesting birds such as lapwings, grey partridges, sky larks etc, allegedly due to the change in farming practices. However the biggest threat to anything at night on the ground here in the South West, whether it's fur, feather, spiny or buzzy, is the badger.

They are everywhere, digging out the nests of rabbits, wasps & bumble bees, snaffling the eggs & chicks of any birds nesting on the ground, digging up people's lawns & veg gardens, flattening acres of maize, infecting livestock & wildlife with TB ........ the list goes on. They are costing this country millions each year in monetary terms & pushing other species to the verge of extinction. Maybe the proposed trial cull will go ahead, maybe it would be a big vote loser & the government will again dodge the issue .... again. Maybe in 20 years time there'll be no hedgehogs, lapwings, skylarks, partridges or farmers.