On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:40:54PM -0500, Rikrock@aol.com wrote:
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> Guys,
>
> Here's part of a message recently posted on the Triumph list..........
>
> No, I haven't tried it..........yet.
I have, unfortunately.
A couple summers ago my wife and I spent a weekend exracting honey from
her bee hive for the first time. We got about 40 pounds of honey and
filtered it through cheesecloth into a plastic bucket. There was some
honey left in the filter, so we left the filter balanced on top of the
bucket to finish draining, with some cheesecloth over the whole thing
to keep stuff from falling in.
Next morning Laura went out to finish the job by pouring honey into
bottles, and discovered that a mouse had climbed up under the cheesecloth
to get to the honey and then fell in and drowned. Oops.
We saved some of the honey to feed back to the bees over the winter, but
we didn't feel like eating any of it.
I've also had rodents of some sort put half-eaten acorns in my
some of my bikes mufflers.
> Rich Rock
> Pottstown, PA
>
> <<" The Peanut Butter Can of Death!!" Tried and true, the best, long
> term mousetrap I've used.
> Construct as follows:
> Take a can of soup, make a small hole exactly in the center of both
> top and bottom, small hole, about 1/8". drain out the soup. ( forgot to
> mention- use broth with no chunks..). remove the label. get a 1/8" brazing
> rod- or any thick wire- and thread it through both holes, so it sticks out
> about 10" on each side. Make sure the can will spin freely. get a spackle
> bucket, or equiv, and cut two small notches on either side of the top rim,
> to capture the brazing rod, suspending the can over the bucket. get some
> peanut butter, and mold a strip around the circumference of the can, at the
> middle. The strip should adhere nicely to the can. hang the can over the
> spackle bucket, and add/remove peanut butter until you have balanced the can
> fairly well. put about 4" of water in the bucket, and a bit of
> biodegradable antifreeze in as well. ( the car will be in freezing
> conditions, right?) Lay a couple of peanut butter scented sticks up against
> the rim of the bucket, to assist the visiting mice. Place near the car,
> maybe right on the ground in the engine compartment. Cover the car.
>
> The mice will attempt to get the peanut butter, and in the process
> will invariably unbalance the can, allowing them an opportunity to discover
> the joys of swimming. ( its quick, all you PETA folks...) and it will catch
> mice almost indefinitely. Once in a while the peanut butter should be
> replaced for maximum efficiency, as the smell seems to diminish with time.
> In the springtime, you can just put the lid back on the bucket, and dispose
> of ( or bury) the contents.
> Happy Hunting.
> Bob Westerdale >>
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