Yesterday it came to my attention that there were bees swarming on my hummingbird feeder. I decided to wait til after dark when they would have gone back to the hive, and take it down for a few days. But when I went outside last night, there were several bees inside the glass bottle, and some of them were still alive. I wasn’t too interested in bringing entrapped and probably angry bees inside, so I just left it. Today of course there are more bees on the outside of the feeder. I was telling a friend about the problem over lunch this afternoon, and a waitress overheard and said she’d had the same problem, and told me her solution. She said she found this on the internet. Fill a ziploc bag with water and hang it from a string. It’s supposed to mess with their vision and they don’t like it and they won’t come back. Supposed to work with flies too. Well I put a bag out there but so far it’s not working. I also lit a candle and set it on the railing underneath the feeder, hoping to smoke them out. That’s not working either!
I did an internet search of my own and it seems like the best solution is to move the feeder. That, and buy a new feeder that is wasp- and bee-proof.
5 responses so far ↓
anna leigh // June 29, 2009 at 5:44 am |
well, you will be moving soon enough…maybe the bees won’t follow you.
lori // June 29, 2009 at 6:11 am |
Maybe I should hang a baggie of water by my front door, it is always open with Tony in and out of the house, and the flies are driving me nuts.
Mama // June 29, 2009 at 12:21 pm |
WD-40? Doesn’t it work on everything? Dryer sheets? All of that, and also, bee- and wasp-proof feeder, as you say.
daisymeg // July 1, 2009 at 8:06 am |
get a new feeder for the birds, bees are endangered so don’t hurt them with any chemicals….. don’t get stung either!
mandy // July 8, 2009 at 5:39 pm |
Just don’t kill the bees… They’re dying off on their own, and we don’t know why!