Hey, a big Thanks to the person who posted a recommendation about chasing the bees off your feeders with PAM. Just got attacked, big time; one spray
and the bees are long gone and my hummers can once again drink and dogfight like little jets.
Wow.
akmaxx - 11-27-2011 at 12:10 PM
This does work. I just refilled my feeders this morning and wondered about the bee problem. The bees don't know what to make of it and keep trying
but don't stay more than a second. Very cool tip.Santiago - 11-27-2011 at 01:11 PM
Hey Osprey;
were you using PAM or a generic spray? We never buy PAM as the store label stuff is about half the cost.Osprey - 11-27-2011 at 05:14 PM
I was using the real, original Pam (I think)
I'm gonna have to flip-flop on this one....
akmaxx - 12-8-2011 at 03:23 PM
FWIW - while the PAM worked very well in keeping the bees off the feeders initially, I discovered that cleaning and refilling them becomes unpleasant
because of the sticky semi-dry PAM with a potentially nauseating odor of chemicals (no wonder the bees stay away from it).
I am gonna go back to the original plan of the "Birds and the Bees".
Peace,Bob and Susan - 12-8-2011 at 03:48 PM
i spent a summer once with some monks in tibet...we ate only bee livers...mcfez - 12-8-2011 at 03:51 PM
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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i spent a summer once with some monks in tibet...we ate only bee livers...
castaway$ - 12-8-2011 at 03:59 PM
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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i spent a summer once with some monks in tibet...we ate only bee livers...
Fried in Pam i supposeBob and Susan - 12-8-2011 at 04:05 PM
the livers were delivered by a guy named "Bore" ( the bee silent)DavidE - 12-8-2011 at 04:18 PM
I ended up boiling the sugar / water mix for 2 minutes which totally dissolves the sugar and drives the little hummers wild. Also discovered that
pinning a coveted flower blossom on top of the feeder (to be changed about once a week) seems to also help ring the dinner bell. I guess the little
buggers can smell?
