How can I keep the bees off of the humming bird feeder?

by Susan Manning

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The feeder are over taken with bees, no room for the humming birds!

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Valerie on Jul 01, 2015
I understand that putting cooking oil on the feeders works well. Someone else had this problem some time ago - here is a link to that post: http://www.hometalk.com/diy/q-how-to-keep-bees-off-my-humming-bird-feeders-1921440

How to keep bees off my humming bird feeders?

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L. Walker on Jul 02, 2015
Your feeding solution may be too sweet. Be sure that you have a 1:4 ratio of sugar to water.

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Pat on Jul 02, 2015
Bees and wasps are attracted to the color yellow. Once I removed that color from my feeders the amount of wasps and bees diminished drastically. Also dilute your solution to 1 part sugar to 5 parts water. This concentration is still attractive to hummingbirds, not so much to wasps and bees.

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