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J.P.
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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? |
Theres a guy here in Punta Banda that will trap Bee's he has traped a couple colonys from a house that is being built here in Rancho Packard, If
someone wants his name I can ask around.
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Russ
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Pam results... perfect !
With Pam
Without Pam
So I went out and sprayed the second feeder and the bees returned but didn't stay long. Now every body's happy but the bees
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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oladulce
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A reminder to keep your humming bird feeders nice and clean. Remove and wash them well at the first sign of mold.
Hummers can get a fungal infection from dirty feeders which causes their tongue to swell up so much that their beaks won't close and they can't feed.
It's a terrible sight to see and looks painful. I witnessed a poor guy with a giant tongue keel over while sitting on my feeder many years ago. Don't
know if my feeder was the offender but lemme tell you, I've been fanatical about "sterilizing" them ever since.
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Hook
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Just be glad it's only bees...............
These guys can drain a full hummingbird feeder in two nights,
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Bob H
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When I was a kid growing up in Miami we used to get bee hives underneath the roof eaves. My Dad would wad up newpaper on the end of a broom stick,
light it on fire, and burn them out. They would never come back after that.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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wakemall
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WD-40 spray will do the same
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ddawson
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ha i saw this on another forum. here is how a few guys handled their bee problem. great photos, some swearing:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=224...
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by measomsan
Pam worked like a charm.....wack..... |
Funny, my daddy never mentioned Pam when he taught me about the birds and bees 
Bob Durrell
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Jaybo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Funny, my daddy never mentioned Pam when he taught me about the birds and bees |
Aerosol lube? Now there is an idea...
/lurkermode ON
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Mexitron
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When we're camping out in the Seven Sisters area we have to be very careful about putting empty soft-drink and beer containers inside an airtight
container---the bees go nuts for leftover droplets in them---we've had hundreds swarming our camp at times...eh, mainly on those days we drink too
much beer and forget about throwing the cans out....
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bajadave1
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Gracias for the PAM idea.
I will try that one today.
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Russ
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I told my neighbor about Pam and she's "been there done that". She says the Pam will harden and make cleaning the feeders a pain so she now wipes the
feeders with canola oil and it works and is much easier to clean once the Pam was cleaned off.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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