We are contemplating using the Heavy lattice (wire screen stapled to it on the back side). It is expensive, around $42.00 for a 4x8. We are thinking for the front and back and cinderblocks on each side with concrete blocks that go over the holes. Ours is only about 6-12 inches off the ground. Would that keep the rats from setting up house under it? We live in a rural area where, really any varmet could live.

It is possible I could take a picture through the gap they are going through, but I am a little nervous to do it without a bee suit. If they think I was attacking the hive they might want to sting me. I am interested in how much honey they've got. But yeah, they go over and over the same flowers every day. I watch them go to extreme effort to get at difficult flowers, i.e. those face down on a leaf, etc. I noticed the bees have kind of like an aerial road system when I was sunning myself watching them. The plants themselves are not far from the shed. I was taken aback when I saw where they were coming and going from. They seem very orderly about it all.

They can do awesome damage they can make your building collapse whether be shed or whatever. Our neighbors corner of the huge work shed collapsed the dens they make can be several feet deep and besides that the smell is atrocious!! you need to get rid of them as soon as they poke their heads out in the spring..DNR will provide you with a humane trap and you can release them elsewhere if you can't bring yourself to kill them. we have 5 acres and yes they are everywhere on our farther part of the acres and although I believe in live and let live when they come into your back yard to live its time to take action.

Try house movers or any contractors who specialize in work on old houses. It's not very difficult, just requires a bit of planning to support the structure. As a DIY project I've always done them in segments so I didn't have to support the whole building at once. If you have the room (and not a lot of installed plumbing underneath) building a new foundation and moving the building over it is an easier way to approach it than working underneath.