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Offline enchplant

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Help! I need to teach my bees how to sting!
« on: June 11, 2011, 10:28:45 pm »
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Offline AllenF

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Re: Help! I need to teach my bees how to sting!
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 10:32:31 pm »
I wonder what percentage of their diet is live bees vs. cleaning up around the hive.   And I don't think stinging bees wound stop jays.  Pellet rifle might.
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Offline Kathyp

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Re: Help! I need to teach my bees how to sting!
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2011, 12:21:34 am »
had them sitting on my entrance and eating bees.  put up some whirly-gig things and that seems to have helped.  now if i could just get rid of the swallows!!
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Offline Algonam

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Re: Help! I need to teach my bees how to sting!
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2011, 07:33:00 am »
I have thousands of dragonflies at this time of the year. They usually eat the dearflies, which are out in force now. I am wondering if any one knows if the dragonflies also eat bees. which are about the same size as our dearflies.

(Not that I could do much about them)

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Re: Help! I need to teach my bees how to sting!
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2011, 01:11:25 pm »
Bird netting for directly over the hive? 
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Offline RangerBrad

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Re: Help! I need to teach my bees how to sting!
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2011, 04:33:02 pm »
bb guns at walmart are cheap enough. Your problem could be fixed in one afternoon sitting in a lawn chair in the shade with a cold brewski in hand :-D
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