Bee Proofing a Hummingbird Feeder
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Just my try at doing this but it seems to have done the trick. I had a swarm near bye and they were scaring away all my Hummingbirds. I couldn't locate the swarm for the "Swarm Catcher" to come and remove it so I watched a few RUclips videos but none were like this typical type so I tried it. BEE GONE !
Looks like the manufacturers would make a simple fix. I'm sure they have heard the complaints. Your tip helps a lot! Thanks!
“Once they realize they can’t get to the nectar... they’ll fuck off”. Lmfao.
You need to change the feeder every couple of days and clean it thoroughly. I make the feeder 1 part white sugar and 4 part filter water and change it every other day to prevent any disease that can kill hummingbirds. You can make it less and change it frequently.
Thanks. I had a similar idea, but was having trouble envisioning how to do it. This helped a lot. Thanks again!
This works I just used tulle netting the kind used for making Tutu for ballet costumes. The rubber band worked for me. But I added a small piece on the back just in case .so it fits all around the red part of the flower. I also popped a small hole in front so the hummy could get its peek in to drink . The bees have been checking it out but fly off when they can’t find a way to eat. They were swarming all over yesterday. Now just a few checking it out. Great video it works . I used red Tulle.
The trick is , set the whole feeder down in a mesh bag, easy to take out and clean, keep the damn bees a bay.
Thank you! I took mine down because it was swarming with yellow jackets last year, and I couldn't figure out how to keep them from getting into it! The humming birds still swing in once in a while to see if it's back up... Then just hover and stare at me for a moment before flying away. 😔
What a great idea!!! Thank you. I will definitely try this awesome trick.
This is a great idea! I have 2 feeders and they are always polluted with bee’s. Going to definitely try this! Thank you!
Thank you for the tip, the bees🐝 drove me crazy the past month, going to try this for sure next year!!🤗
That is the best idea I have heard. And I loved it when you said , "it might look ugly as shit, but I don't give a rats ass". I will be watching more of your videos.
Bees just found my feeder last week and the birds are gone. Been spraying the feeder with water to get rid of the 50ish bees always on there but they're back in minutes. Your idea is perfect Thanks!
You may be the smartest guy i ever seen a answer to my prayers
Yes. Hummingbirds DO see color. The dish types filled only half full works wonders to keep bees away.
I put water out for the bees and then switched out all my feeders like these for feeders that are easier to clean an prevent bees and small birds from getting the nectar . The finches used to come and empty my feeders by making them swing around when I had the type in this video.
buy a few feet of wire screening. cut out patches and glue with cyanoacrylate to cover the large hole. Simple easy cheap. If you are real lazy, buy the screens for Pot smokers and glue them in place either on the outside or inside.
No big deal. Also, use a small cheap feeder stuffed with small bits of cotton- the bees will go to that slow draining thing and leave the other behind. honey bees won't bother you, but the Hummers don't like to feed around them.
Then you have to take all that stuff off when u have to clean each flower head and inside of feeder also ,but the mesh idea is good one !!!
Hummingbird feeders are a bit of a chore if you clean them like you should. My suggestion to use twist ties on each flower would be much quicker. And in my area's heat the adhesive on the tape would melt and slide off.
I took my humming bird feeder down the bees were so bad!
I'm going to put it back up and try this. Thank you for this clever idea!
Pretty cool! I have the same feeder but there were so many bees i had to put them away. Ive just put them back out after a month and if i have any more trouble im going to try this! Thanks for sharing!
*That's Awesome, but extra work to take apart to clean it all & put back together. I love Hummingbirds. Thank you for sharing.😁😁😁*
I used tulle and rubbed bands . Make the material so it goes around the whole flower then cut off access material. Be sure not too get any material obstructed when you put the flower back on and i popped a small hole on top of the bee guard so the hummingbird can access with its beak it works . Takes a little more time but your hummingbirds are able too eat not the bees. Hummy depend on the feeder it finds and if they can’t get to it they starve if they can’t find another resource other than bugs.
Hey people. Remove the feeders for a couple days and leave a feeder with the ability to just have the tray on the bottom. Fill the container part with water. Put stones in the tray and let the bees and wasps drink from it. Put another water source on the ground with stones…..planter tray or whatever. Then you can put the hummer feeders back up in a different location if possible. The bees and wasps are just looking for a drink. If they have water, they leave the feeders alone. I do this every year in hot hot Oklahoma and I never get bees on the feeders if there is water available in the yard for the bees. They’re just thirsty.
Great idea.
@@patriciawight779 . I hope this works for you. I did this in Michigan and now in Oklahoma where it is much hotter and dryer and I don’t have a wasp/bee problem on the feeders. I do have mud dauber wasp problems with their mud huts all over my eaves…….but they leave the hummers alone. Lol.
I don't care if the bees and wasps are just looking for a drink. I set the feeders out for the hummingbirds, not for them. If they bother the feeders, I'm going to slaughter them and incinerate their hives.
The bees are not looking for water; they know there's sugar water there and that's what they want.
@@virginiamoss7045 . This works for me. I never have bees if I put out a feeder with just the bottom plate attached to the water container. I put stones/ pea stone or leca (something for them to stand/crawl on) in the plate of water. They go there. Absolutely no bees on the sugar water feeders. I put homemade big water motes to keep the ants away. My hummers are happy. No bees, no ants and I rotate chilled food morning, noon and night if temperature is over 95 degrees.
Thank You Tim I've been wondering what I should do to keep those pesty 🐝 bee's out Thank You So Very Much 🥰
Glad it worked or that I could help.
Those feeders are the worst..Any wind & they leak all out & the bees still drink what drips out..
Why not just use twist ties? Cover the whole 'flower' with netting large enough to reach slightly beyond where the 'stem' connects with the reservoir; gather it up and wrap the twist tie around the netting and ' stem'. You can get them free at the grocery store or just save them off of regular usages to reuse.
Being allergic to the stings of bees, wasps, Hornets and yellow jackets, I detest these things. Bumblebees and the small honey bees dont bother you but the others attack for fun in my belief. I've been stung 4 tines by yellow jackets and ended up un Emergency Care ir a real ER 3 times. Carried an eppie pen for years but they expire and now carry Benedryl tabs everywhere per Dr's suggestion. Slam 6 tabs and head to the nearest medical facility.
Now to my actions. I like the mesh idea, bought 1 yd of red mesh at WalMart, .97 cents, cut it to fit and used clear Gorilla tape to hold it in place, looks nicer, but the sob's chewed a hole in the mesh! Off to Hobby Lobby where they have flexible thicker plastic mesh and going to try that. Yes, gonna spend another dollar to try and frustrate these devils. Use my electronic fly swatter often and watching them fry and turn to smoke along with the crackling of electric death is quite satisfying.
Updated report Aug 25, '20. Purchased red, flexible 12x12 sheet of #7 mesh at Hobby Lobby for .67 cents. Small tubes of E6000 adhesive 4 pack for $5. Removed the yellow bee guards, cut mesh to fit, glued in place and then sealed the tubes to the body of the feeder, no drips. VICTORY!! (So far).😊
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Nice job Friend! Thank you for sharing the video with us!👍💖😎JP
Great idea but won't that make the flower part harder to clean?
He takes each odd to clean. I think he uses rubber bands but he said black tape.
that model leaks, poorly formed plastic, knit line cracks. avoid
Glass spice bottles have a removable plastic shaker top. The holes are too small for yellow jackets/ bees to get in. Cut to fit and pop over the feeder holes. I have the same feeder. Good luck. By the way, I don't use poison but I have used hair spray to "freeze" hornets. Obviously I don't spray swarms, just the nuisance that decides to bother me while I'm sitting on my deck.😏
This is an amazing idea will definitely try this next year. The bees have drove me crazy.
I wonder if glue gun glue tacked in a few spots would work? I worry about the tape getting messy in the heat
*Maybe rubber bands or hair ties. I want to try, because all that taping & untapping ever few days for cleaning it right would get old Fast* Sharon in SC
The hot sun makes the hot glue detach.
Can the humbirds REACH the nectar?
This is the bee's knees for sure!
If you are going to video for the public please refrain from cursing.
great idea! Thank you!
I pretty much have hummingbird feeders year round since I live in AZ. They can be pretty territorial.
Tea tree oil keeps bees away, just dab around the feeder flower. It works.
I tried that and my bees still came. Bummer.
The tea oil worked for me in the past, but this year its not. I think the bees are the African bees because they keep stinging me also. The regular bees never stung me.
VINCENT DIAZ wow!!! Interesting. 🤔. I feel like it worked for a little bit but the scent must have worn off. I keep trying a ton of things to keep the bees/ hornets/ yellow jackets out of my feeder. It’s been a touch frustrating. I am about to just give up and take down my feeders. 🤷♀️
@@julie-joyvoss5774 i know what u mean, i even spray the bees with vinager . They leave for a few minutes and come back, they even chase the hummingbirds. Im sure their African bees. I got stung in the forehead & hand, it burned like crazy. Becareful, because the african bees will chase u.
Tie wraps would work.. tape looks weird
I have the same feeders👍 got red electrical tape I "took" from brother🤣😂 THANKS 4 VIDEO
Thx👍
Aren't the yellow 'mesh' sticking up over the holes bee guards? Why a second layer?
Rub peppermint oil on the feeder
Thank you
Try white electrical tape sticks better for what you are using it for & leaves no sticky residue . I like to say I don’t give a rats red arss 😂
I have heard that putting cukes on the feeder will deter them???
I found that changing the water:sugar mix from 4:1 to 5:1 got rid of the bees, kept the hummers.
Thank you for your input however I follow the science and they say this is the perfect ratio as any more sugar can get their tiny hears racing to the point where they literally can have a heart attack and die. Please follow this ratio as it has been scientifically proven and also attracts them just the same. 🙏🏼
@@thaigrass Unless you are a PhD researcher into bird digestion, you're reading the internet same as everyone else, and I see ratios of from 3:1 to 5:1. Nature isn't really that precise, so 4.00000 to 1.0000 isn't written on any stone tablet. Relax, they do just fine. If you prefer, experiment with slightly more dilute mixes ( 4.319: 1 ?) until the bees leave it alone. Bees aren't that precise either. And if you REALLY "follow science" you'll find 10 opinions per every 7 scientists. Many environmental factors are involved in ANY "ideal" result.
@@petem6503 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@thaigrass A 5:1 ratio will have less sugar and is fine, especially when it's really hot out.
Try hot glue instead of tape.
This looks do-able. My only other problem seems to be woodpeckers, occasionally sparrows. But the hummingbirds do ojk since the other birds aren't there too much.
Rubber Bands could work if they were thick enough.
Rubber band?
Get a top feeder..wild bird's unlimited makes a great 1..
Your language could us sone netting! 🙄
If you don't like it, don't watch the video
Absolutely. You don't know the word is in the video until you watch it. Clean it up.@@pamcarter7203
That's fucking awesome 👍👍👍
I like the bees, too so I'm going to leave mine as it is...
Don't they attack your hummingbirds? I don't have bees. I have yellow jackets and they are very aggressive towards the birds.
They keep the humingbirds away and can hurt them.
Ugly ! Good word for that ..... lol....
It does look ugly as sh#t! Lol
How about buying a feeder that has no yellow, instead of trying to re-invent the wheel!
Stupid ? Why bee "proof" a hummingbird feeder? I mean I get the sugar water is for hummers, but bees are good for the environment and local plant life etc etc, so why stop them from feeding too?
They aren't honey bees; he's talking about yellow jackets. YJs are aggressive and chase away humming birds.
@@atlantic2233 ahh didn't know that