But until it is, prepare for a few days of lecturing from your hummingbirds. You may have to do this several times during the next few months.ĭon't worry about your hummingbirds, they are pretty loyal about constantly checking to see if their feeder is back and full.
With no food source available, the bees will get the message and stop showing up. Until this year I had success with coating the plastic base of my glass hummingbird feeders with cooking oil, which kept the bees,wasps,hornet, etc. Keep the feeder down for about four days. Wait until the evening when the honeybees have stopped gathering food and take down the hummingbird feeder. So how do you tell the bees that the "sugar syrup store" has closed? Simple. The bees shouldn't be aggressive toward you since they are fixated on getting to the sugar water and taking it back to the hive. If you see your hummingbird feeder busy with bees, give it some room and be patient. Honeybees are programmed to hunt food sources and are often attracted to the sugar water mixture filled in hummingbird feeders. Summer brings a lack of nectar-producing plants. Hummingbirds and honeybees find plenty of nectar for food in the variety of flowering plants and trees. The spring awakening brings about plentiful nectar flow for our pollinating bee friends.
The hummingbirds will always come back to check if the feeder has returned.If bees are a bother, take your hummingbird feeder down for a few days.Summer is a time when nectar is in short supply for honey bees.
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