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measomsan
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honey bees in my hummingbird feeder
been coming down for a few years and never had an issue. now the bees , honey type are taking over our feeders
any thoughts would help
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Russ
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I just moved mine away from the house because the bees kept coming in. I thought they'd slow down this time of year but the last few days they took
over and the birds aren't feeding now.
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BajaBlanca
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we had to give up on the feeders precisely due to the bees
and now we have a huge hive in one of my small trees in the back yard so please someone give suggestions on how to handle BEES !!!
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Mengano
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Bees are very location sensitive and have short memories. Knock them off the feeder with a stick and move the feeder about 20 feet away. The hummers
will spot it right away. It may take the bees a long time to relocate it by chance. Just keep moving the feeder around.
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Mula
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Lightly spray the feeder with PAM - all around. Bees go.
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Bees? Or yellow jackets? Lot's of folks don't know the difference.
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woody with a view
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funny how the bee population is in decline and here we go trying to find the best way to kill off the newest hive....
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1087
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
funny how the bee population is in decline and here we go trying to find the best way to kill off the newest hive....
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They sure haven't been in decline around here. This past summer, they were everywhere, all the time.
I think the local ejido has gone into the Apiary business here in the hills. I saw a bunch of Bee Boxes being built at the local Ferreteria.
My neighbor, who used to be a Bee Keeper, says all of these Bees are Africanized. [now....there's an invitation for a hijack if ever I heard one]
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J.P.
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They get in a tree in my back yard it sounds like the whole Zulu Nation chanting.
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Paulina
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We usually have a terrible bee problem in Bahia during the later summer months. This past summer they were a bit late in showing up, but they did.
They came after the fresh water and they would find it no matter how hard we tried to conserve.
I used to be able to put a 5gal bucket of water some distance away from our place to lure them off. The water would have to be refreshed daily. This
past summer when they came they weren't interested in looking elsewhere. They were on to that trick.
They were after the laundry hanging to dry. They also found the faucet that came from the water tank on the deck and crawled up inside. Dern is very
allergic to bee's (Epi-pen) so I do my best to keep them away.
The weird thing this summer was when I smacked them with the fly swatter the ones that escaped seemed to disappear for a while but came back with
reinforcements. It seemed like they looked for us, they'd ignore the water source on one side of the patio that got their friends in trouble in the
first place, and find us on the other side. I was stung quite a few times.
I ended up taking my laundry far, far away to dry and not swatting at the few that would adventure over to our place.
Didn't want to make them mad.
P>*)))>{
[Edited on 21-11-2011 by Paulina]
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woody with a view
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you're a good girl, Paulina....
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Russ
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I moved one back to the patio after spraying Pam and within a minute or two the hummers are back.
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I smear a LITTLE marine grease on the branches that hold a feeder. A circular ring just before the feeder will keep the ants off. I started lightly
smearing(so thin you can't see it) a TINY bit of marine grease on the artificial flowers on the hummingbird feeder(away from the hole so the birds
tongues don't touch it) and the bees just quit coming back to feed. The birds don't mind and the bees don't like it. Just don't overdue it.
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Dave
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Don't hummers and bees naturally compete for nectar?
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measomsan
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Pam worked like a charm.....wack.....
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Paulina
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I'm going to put Pam on my list.
P>*)))>{
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Here is my BUZZ about this subject:
Simple......Take down your feeder.......get a wide container like a pie dish filled with water / a little sugar mixed. Place away from your area. Bees
are very attracted to sugars. A few week later, place your feeder back...but keep that dish filled :-)
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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Maybe it's the three-year drought in Baja. Their normal sources of nectar are probably diminished, so they're going after whaterever they can find.
In southern baja, the jackrabbits are eating the bark off plumerias and devouring not-so-young agaves for the moisture.
Everyone is thirsty.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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lessen the amount of sugar in the water. Hummers will still drink and get what they need, but the bees won't be interested.
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
...This past summer, they were everywhere, all the time.
I think the local ejido has gone into the Apiary business here in the hills. I saw a bunch of Bee Boxes being built at the local Ferreteria.
My neighbor, who used to be a Bee Keeper, says all of these Bees are Africanized. [now....there's an invitation for a hijack if ever I heard one]
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After reading your post Dern reminded me that this past summer he went into the Pacifico Hardware store to get some plumbing parts. He heard a weird
hum in the background, but didn't put two and two together. He thought it was some sort of machinery until he got a few fly bys that headed to the
back corner of the store. He looked up and saw that an entire colony of bees had flown into the hardware store. He was then in a big hurry to get out
of there. Maybe the Bee Boxes you saw were being built for a possible side job for Roy, a Pacifico honey stand?
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