What could this have been?

[roitelet]

Does anyone have any bright ideas as to what this could have been?

My French tutor has a very old cherry tree in her garden in which there was a nest of (I presume) Honey Bees. Some thing, 4 legged, dug into the base of the tree and gained access to the nest and removed some of the honey comb. It then took a lump of Honey comb into her loft. As the house is new there is not much access to the roof space so whatever it was can't have been very big. The honey comb was discovered when her Husband heard scratching in the dead of night and went to find out what it was. No sign of the culprit.

Any suggestions?

[areia]

any droppings or any smells, scratch marks?

my mum had a surprise visitor mid winter in 06, which decided to eat all her dried flower wreaths she makes to sell, well it ate all the walnuts, almonds and dried fruit that was glued to them, we thought rats at first but there was no smell or droppings, after 3 days it stopped then we paniced because she thought she killed it via the glue, that the nut had on them to stick to the wreaths, but no last year it came back for 3 days again, really tried hard to find the nuts this time her blimin cats were useless didnt even move when it was scrurrying about in the loft, was a squirral in the end.
Mind you mice make a lot of noise for somthing so small,
Since i saw a kitten wriggle under the crack under a closed door nothing surprises me When an animal wants to get somwhere it will,
Never known rats, mice, or squirrals to eat honey, had the comb been eaten ?

[roitelet]

I will ask her about droppings and smell the next time I see her. I think that the comb had been eaten.

[Nicos]

A very small bear???????

I suppose it could be one of the Marten family????
They would leave scats too.

[Two_Sheds]

Badgers will eat bees and honeycomb

[Headfry]

only 2 legs but woodpeckers will eat bees and comb, maybe mice, squirrels?
big mystery!

[seasprout]

Pine Martin, Weasel, Stout.

Edible door mouse..?


Honey Monster..?

[roitelet]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. Keep the coming and I will ask some more questions about it when I see her next week.

[roitelet]

Mystery solved!

It was the weazels wot done it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Tutors husband set some mouse traps in the loft and caught 2 weazels

[SueA]

Aww, that's a shame weasels are lovely, not sure I'd want them in my loft though!

[mrs dog]

I was going to say I don't think badgers can climb. Was the trap a humane one? Or are the weasels gone to the big park in the sky?

[pigletwillie]

Oh well

Pop goes the weasel

[roitelet]

I was going to say I don't think badgers can climb. Was the trap a humane one? Or are the weasels gone to the big park in the sky?

I am afraid that they were baited mouse traps and the weasels are now in the big park in the sky My Tutor is from Paris and doesnt understand wildlife

[marialittlebzz]

Pop goes the weasel

hey I'm sure I know that from somewhere...
Is it from the comic book "Lenore" ???

[kevin jenkins]

dident think mouse traps would harm a wezzel unless they were babys.saw one years ago and it looked like a small ferret.dark brown in colour