Keeping bees with chickens?

[KampusKop]

I do not yet have a hive, but I have recently purchased a small coop and how to have a few laying hens.....   

My question is will the chickens eat all the bees in a back yard area?

Would the two not be compatible?

[iddee]

The chickens will eat the SHB and wax moths. They are a great asset to the bees.

[BeeMaster2]

Kampus,
We have chickens as well as a lot of hives. I do not have free roaming chickens right now only because the predators get them but I have in the past. I never had any problems with the chickens eating live bees. They will clean up the dead ones. I have read that you can also use them to clean out dead brood from old frames.
Jim Altmiller

[Acebird]

Good combo, chickens and bees.

[Michael Bush]

I had free range chickens and bees for decades.  It was never a problem.  On the rare occasion I ever saw a chicken eat a live bee, they seemed to regret it.  The chickens will certainly eat brood if you feed it to them.  I would always feed the scraps from a cutout to them.  I would be concerned if the chickens are close to the hives and can't run away from the bees if the bees get aggressive.  But that would be my only concern.

[gww]

I have about 35 chickens that go where they want.  I have ten hives.  Never had any problems with either being close to each other.  The bees get in the chicken food every spring by the hundreds.  I have watched chickens eat right beside them.
Cheers
gww

[Michael Bush]

Yes, my chickens would eat the dead bees in front of the hives, but they could always run away if they were attacked.

[drobbins]

they've always been an asset at my house

[KampusKop]

Thanks guys!