Male Tanager Birds Picking Off Bees
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 2:20 pm
Fellow Beekeepers,
I sat up two hives for the first time yesterday. Six-eight male tanager birds have been perched around the hives since early this morning and are snatching bees in flight at an alarming rate as they leave the hives. They even land on the bottom boards and peck in to the entrance reducer. These are exquisite yellow and red birds that have never visited my yard until I installed bees. I've attempted to scare them off, but they come right back...ideas?..... survival of the fittest?
Thanks for your ideas,
Margaret Wynne
I sat up two hives for the first time yesterday. Six-eight male tanager birds have been perched around the hives since early this morning and are snatching bees in flight at an alarming rate as they leave the hives. They even land on the bottom boards and peck in to the entrance reducer. These are exquisite yellow and red birds that have never visited my yard until I installed bees. I've attempted to scare them off, but they come right back...ideas?..... survival of the fittest?
Thanks for your ideas,
Margaret Wynne