Osprey
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Bees and hummer feeders
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.
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akmaxx
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Wow.
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.
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Santiago
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Hey Osprey;
were you using PAM or a generic spray? We never buy PAM as the store label stuff is about half the cost.
Does essence predate existence?
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Osprey
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I was using the real, original Pam (I think)
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akmaxx
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I'm gonna have to flip-flop on this one....
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,
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Bob and Susan
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i spent a summer once with some monks in tibet...we ate only bee livers...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i spent a summer once with some monks in tibet...we ate only bee livers... |
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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castaway$
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| Quote: | 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 suppose
Live Indubiously!
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Bob and Susan
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the livers were delivered by a guy named "Bore" ( the bee silent)
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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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?
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