The Hummers
Nov 4, 2017 15:29:21 #
are gone.
It's just as well.
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DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID!!!
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Joe! Is that you, buddy? Don't worry, bee, I'll get ya out!
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Nov 4, 2017 15:38:50 #
Nov 4, 2017 15:43:32 #
cmc65 wrote:
There goes the neighborhood!!
Thanks for looking, cmc.
They weren't there on Thursday. I was away from home all day Friday while they were evidently busy little bees. Discovered them this morning.
Nov 4, 2017 18:08:22 #
Nov 4, 2017 18:16:18 #
DOOK wrote:
Well, I'll be... Good shots, Sherry. 
Haha. Thanks, Earl. It was a feeder full of frantic activity - on a sugar high, I suppose!
Nov 4, 2017 18:17:41 #
WOW! I've never seen anything like this, Sherry! Just wish these were nasty yellow jackets instead of honeybees.
Nov 4, 2017 18:34:21 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
WOW! I've never seen anything like this, Sherry! Just wish these were nasty yellow jackets instead of honeybees.
I have found the occasional wasp trapped in a hummer feeder - but never this! I'm thinking the honey bee population has been decimated by too many hummer feeders. I know I have bought some feeders that claim to be "bee proof", but this evidently was not one of them. They are in heaven - the ones on the inside, literally. Will they go home after dark so I can properly bury the dead and remove the death trap?
Nov 4, 2017 18:44:10 #
STVest wrote:
I have found the occasional wasp trapped in a hummer feeder - but never this! I'm thinking the honey bee population has been decimated by too many hummer feeders. I know I have bought some feeders that claim to be "bee proof", but this evidently was not one of them. They are in heaven - the ones on the inside, literally. Will they go home after dark so I can properly bury the dead and remove the death trap?
LOL I don't know, Sherry. I've had yellow jackets trapped in hummer feeders but never a bee. In fact, I've never even seen honeybees around ours, but that's probably because of the yellow jackets keeping everything including hummers (and me) away.
Nov 4, 2017 23:08:10 #
WE had bees by the hundreds, but never in the feeder except a few here and there. When they kept the hummers away, I filled a couple of dinner plates for them to feast on, yet not drown.
Nov 5, 2017 09:40:22 #
Nov 5, 2017 11:04:48 #
STVest wrote:
are gone.
Wow! Great shots, sherry. Time to clean the feeders but let them drink it all first!
Nov 5, 2017 13:22:49 #
suci wrote:
WE had bees by the hundreds, but never in the feeder except a few here and there. When they kept the hummers away, I filled a couple of dinner plates for them to feast on, yet not drown.
Thanks for looking and commenting, Janos. I forgot to go outside last night and remove the death traps. They are back at it now and I will offer them a non-lethal method of dining. Hopefully, trough-style will lure them away from the feeders before any more of them buy the farm!
Nov 5, 2017 13:33:19 #
merrytexan wrote:
Wow! Great shots, sherry. Time to clean the feeders but let them drink it all first!
Thank you, merry! Yes, I must clean the feeders. Poor bees, all they wanted was a little sugar.
In the past we have had many bees on the property making hives in the hollows of trees, but other than the occasional one or two, these are the first I have seen in several years. I understand their populations have greatly declined everywhere. Guess I'd better get out there and save them from their gluttony.
Nov 5, 2017 13:37:24 #
bob_71 wrote:
Glad I never had to deal with this!
Thanks for the "thumbs up"!
Bob
Thanks for the "thumbs up"!
Bob
Thanks for looking, Bob. I hope I can avoid a bee attack. They let me get really close yesterday while shooting them, but I wasn't trying to take their food away! Got to lure them away from the traps - hope they don't have any killer-bee genes.
Nov 5, 2017 19:56:42 #
I have never seen such a thing, Sherry! How alarming, but your caption on the last picture made me chuckle in spite of the carnage. 
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