THE CRITTER THAT
ALWAYS SEEMS TO WIN
We’ve recently consumed your
tomato patch. Allow us to intro
duce ourselves. You have prob
ably seen us around your beans,
squash, peas, sunflowers, and fruit
trees. Allow us to stay and we will
take advantage of your invitation.
What arc we? We arc vegetar
ians but we may consume grass
hoppers and snails on occasion.
We are quite common in the
Northeast.
Some people call us wood
chucks, groundhogs, or whistle
pigs. We can weigh 4 to 12 pound
s and we come in varying shades
of reddish brown (albino and
black-furred individuals are possi
ble). Our average life span is
about five years.
We prefer to live in farmlands
but make use of any open and sun
ny location. Well drained knolls
and abandoned foundations are
preferred for our burrow sites. We
have at least two openings to our
burrows. You have probably
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noticed we sit at the main entrance
with a mound of fresh earth
arqund the opening. We have
escape routes as well. Our bur
rows can be as deep as five feet
and spread several yards in any
direction.
Our typical family has four to
six members. Our young are bom
underground. By June and July
our family begins to forage seek
ing everything that’s green and
tender in your garden. They soon
strike out on their own seeking
their fame, fortune, and a place to
call home. If you have seen one of
our family expect more.
We prefer the early morning
and evening hours for feeding.
When not feeding, we are sun
bathing. We can climb trees, fence
posts, and the like if need be. We
generally do not travel more than
SO yards from our burrow.
Our enemies include hawks,
owls, foxes, coyotes, bobcats,
weasels, dogs, and humans. If
woodchucks were a problem to
you last growing season, you will
need a plan for this year.
As woodchucks, we hate giving
this information out but... there
are different strategies to rid us
from your garden.
Use fencing made of heavy
poultry wire (at least 3 feet high)
to deter us. Bury the lowo* edge of
the fence into the ground 12
inches. The lower 6 inches should
be bent outward in a L-shaped
angle. Some gardeners use metal
coat hangers cut in half to form a
large bobby pin to secure the fence
into the ground. A single wire of
electric fence could be use by it
self or with the poultry wire. Place
the electric strand 4 to 5 inches off
the ground.
Scarecrows and other dummies
can sometimes provide temparary
relief. Move them regularly and
include a high level of human
activity whenever possible. Re
member that we learn quickly.
The gas cartridge (carbon
monoxide) is the most common
means for woodchuck control.
They are available from local farm
supply stores. Please read the
directions before purchasing and
using the cartridge. They can pose
a fire hazard and should not be
used under buildings.
Live traps (10 x 10 x 24) can
sometimes be effective. Use apple
slice, carrots, broccoli or lettuce as
baits. Change the baits daily.
Place the trap at main entrances or
in travel lanes. Captured animals
can be relocated to other areas
where no damage can be caused.
Trapping may be unlawful in your
community. Please check with
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To Be A Queen Is
No Easy Task —
Especially With A Mite '
On Your Back
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Penn State is studying the
causes of increased rates of queen
loss and supersedure in mite
infested honey bee colonies. The
study is to determine whether tra
cheal and/or Varroa mite feeding
produces smaller, less productive
queens and what kinds of diseases
mites may spread to queens.
Sbme of the queens examined
will be commercially-availabe
queens sold by queen breeders and
officials. After an animal is trap
ped, transport it at least 10 miles
away.
There are no repellents or toxi
cants registered for woodchucks.
However, red hot pepper (cayen
ne) sprinkled on the leaves of
growing plants teach us not to dine
in your location.
Other techniques for effective
control are available from your
Extension Office. Ask for wildlife
damage control sheet # 8 on
woodchucks.
Thanks to Garden Clippings,
University of Mass., Vol. 16, No.
3, 1996 for this information.
Any questions regarding the
above article can be addressed to
Tom Becker, Penn State Coopera
tive Extension at (717) 840-7408.
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package producers. However,
these young queens have only been
exposed to mites for a few weeks.
In order to determine the full
effects of mite damage, the study
will also need a large, number of
older queens that have been in
mite-infested colonies from two
months up to two years.
Penn State is asking beekeepers
for help. “We arc only interested in
queens that arc failing (laying
spotting brood patterns and/or
little brood compared to other col
onies. During the spring and sum
mer of 1997, if you notice that one
or two of your queens is failing,
consider contributing the bee to the
study,” said a spokesperson for the
Queen Project
Send a pair of live queens in two
queen cages with attendants for
evaluation. One queen should be a
failing queen from your colonies.
The other should be a healthy
queen, also from your colonies,
which will be tested for compari
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queens paired with two healthy
queens per beekeeper accepted.
Penn State will compensate you
for your queens.
For detailed information on how
to participate, call Albert Rozo or
Jennifer Finley at (814) 865-1895.
Call before sending any queens.
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