Keeping Bees Away from a Hummingbird Feeder
By bevvie from Placerville, Ca
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RE: Keeping Bees Away from a Hummingbird Feeder
Honey bees are an invasive species. They do NOT need to be protected from harm. No species of plant native to the Americas needs, or even benefits from, honey bees. Honey bees actually displace native pollinators, yet are far less efficient at pollinating.
Farmers who grow those old-world crops that truly depend on bees, like pecan orchards, actually hire beekeepers to pollinate them. Killing a honeybee is no more harmful to the local flora, fauna, and crops than killing a walking catfish in Florida, zebra mussel in the Great Lakes, or rats pretty much anywhere.
Post by kazvorpal
RE: Keeping Bees Away from a Hummingbird Feeder
Keeping bees away from your hummingbird feeder is actually a very easy fix and you don't need to use dangerous oils! True hummingbird feeders have holes in the flowers too small for the bees to get the nectar. I have one that was also for larger birds as well, but the feeding holes were large enough for the bees to crawl into so I had to cover the holes with sticky back covering and make my own smaller holes in the center of the covering so that the bees cannot fit into. I painted around the covering with yellow acrylic paint so it still looks like a flower. Works great and no more bees. Hummingbirds are all happy!
Post by RoxyCares
RE: Keeping Bees Away from a Hummingbird Feeder
I had the same problem as most of you, so my husband went to the local hardware store and got Sterling RESCUE yellow jacket trap for about $13.00. Boy does it ever work! In one day we caught a bunch of them! The Hummingbirds are now happy.
Post by Bevvie
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