Hummingbird Feeder Bees along with.......

Yellow Jackets, Hornets & Wasps

Hummingbird Feeder Bees can be a problem!

Please Do Not Use Insecticides or other poisons in or around your hummingbird feeders.

Even though they are not ingested directly, these chemicals can harm the hummingbirds.

The scent is meant to deter pests but remember hummingbirds have no sense of smell so sense no danger here.

The hummingbirds sometimes bump into feeders.
Later when preening (cleaning their feathers with their tongue), they ingest the toxic insecticides.

Avoid hummingbird feeders with yellow decorations, especially those that look like flowers, as bees will investigate the flower to find food.

Bees enjoy the sugar water in feeders.

Some things to try!

Honeybees prefer feeders in direct sunlight. Hang an extra feeder in the shade.

Honeybees prefer to feed on the nectar of flowers. Check your local nursery for a list of flowers that grow in your area and are preferred by bees.

Put out a plate of more highly concentrated sugar water,
1 part sugar:2 parts water. Tint with red food dye and set it near the feeder. The bees will choose this pan over the feeder and you can gradually move it away from the feeder.

Some of our visitors tell us that they put out more feeders for the hummingbirds and simply allow the bees to have their own easily accessible feeder.
Note: We have never tried this but if there is an easy access feeder for the bees, it makes sense that they will use this feeder instead of other feeders that are not so accessible.

Yellow Jackets, Hornets, and Wasps enjoy nectar but also like human blood.
So be careful especially if you are allergic.

Use Bee Guards or Feeders with Bee Guards

We feel that the simplest and least time consuming answer to a bee problem is to buy bee guards or feeders with bee guards.
The syrup level is too low for the bees to reach but easily accessible to a hummingbirds long tongue.

Purchase Feeder with Bee Guards

Leaky feeders also attract bees!

Inexpensive plastic feeders often breakdown from the elements and leak.
It is worthwhile to invest in a better feeder.

Hummingbird feeder bees, wasps, and hornets annoy us but they are nature’s pollinators too.
By using the more natural methods mentioned here, we can avoid killing both the bees and the hummingbirds.

Mother Nature Will Be Happy Too!!!!

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