How do I keep bees off my humming bird feeder?

7 Responses to How do I keep bees off my humming bird feeder?

1. Queenie knows it all. | March 15, 2012 at 12:35 am | Reply

   “Bees-Be-Gone”

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2. mark jeffries | March 15, 2012 at 1:35 am | Reply

   you can’t,sorry

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3. Mike D | March 15, 2012 at 2:38 am | Reply

   plant flowers next to or around the feeder or move the feeder

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4. m_c_m_a_n | March 15, 2012 at 3:36 am | Reply

   I would just leave it alone or plant flowers to draw them away. We need all the Bees we can get right now with this dying off issue.

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5. abdul singh | March 15, 2012 at 4:37 am | Reply

   the only effective deterant is to shoot them with a beebee gun, get it, hehehehehe. no seriously use a crossbow, thats what i did

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6. margecutter | March 15, 2012 at 5:36 am | Reply

   Some of the feeders have bee guards, which are designed to deny access to the bees while allowing the hummers to easily reach the food. That is what I use.

   Other than that, this is what I found online:

   “PROBLEM: HOW DO I KEEP BEES AND WASPS AWAY FROM MY HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS?
   The best way to avoid bees is to deny them access to the syrup. The HummZinger, HummZinger Excel and the Hummerfest feeders are inherently bee and wasp-proof because the syrup level is too low for insects to reach, but easily in range of the shortest hummingbird tongue. If you choose not to try a new feeder and bees or wasps persist, first try moving the feeder, even just a few feet; insects are not very smart, and will assume the food source is gone forever. They may never find it in its new location, while the hummingbirds will barely notice that it was moved. If that doesn’t work, take the feeder down for a day, or until you stop seeing wasps looking for it. You’ll see hummingbirds looking for it, too, but they won’t give up nearly as soon as the wasps.”
   http://www.birdsforever.com/problems.html

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7. spookyjimjams | March 15, 2012 at 6:36 am | Reply

   Buy a basin-style feeder. Instead of the nectar running to the tips of the feeder ports like on a standard feeder, a basin feeder keeps the nectar below the ports where the bees can’t reach it. I love mine, and it is easy to clean. Check out the Hummzingers>

   http://www.hummzinger.biz/hummzinger.htm

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