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Date: 3/19/21 9:56 am From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: Re: [humband] Re: [birders] Interesting hummingbird paper
Jim, One of my hummer-hosts does this, walking around and vacuuming up from her 48 feeders! I have very rarely seen honeybees on hummingbird feeders. I suspect that all the other stinging insects are much more aggressive so they stay away. One exception was when I had a couple thousand honeybees on one saucer-type feeder that likely was a swarming event which does not occur very often where they could get at feeders (unless you have a bee-keeper in your neighborhood). Allen T. Chartier Inkster, Michigan Email: <amazilia3...> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:42 AM James Bell <jbellbirds...> wrote: > How about a shop vac, and you can be selective not bother the bees. A > shot of bug spray on a paper towel in the vac, walk by then and clean up. > Only down side in my extension cord is 50 feet... > James > Carriere MS > > End of message J Bell > > On Mar 19, 2021, at 9:49 AM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote: > > > I don't think that there is a feeder that will repel wasps, hornets, or > yellowjackets. Some years are worse than others. A wasp trap seems to be > the best strategy, which tends to catch mostly yellowjackets, most of which > are non-native. > > Allen T. Chartier > Inkster, Michigan > Email: <amazilia3...> > Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ > Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ > > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 9:34 AM Penny <dorfdoom...> wrote: > >> Thanks, Allen, for your report. I am going to try to find a better >> hummingbird feeder as this situation has been a problem. >> Penny S. >> >> On Mar 17, 2021, at 1:54 PM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote: >> >> >> Hummingbird enthusiasts, >> >> The Wilson Journal of Ornithology has just published a paper titled: >> >> Vigilance behaviors of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) >> reflect elevated risk of competitive interactions with vespine wasps. >> >> Hopefully, this link will allow you to read the abstract without having >> to subscribe: >> >> >> https://bioone.org/journals/the-wilson-journal-of-ornithology/volume-132/issue-2/1559-4491-132.2.295/Vigilance-behaviors-of-Ruby-throated-Hummingbirds-Archilochus-colubris-reflect-elevated/10.1676/1559-4491-132.2.295.short >> >> Allen T. Chartier >> Inkster, Michigan >> Email: <amazilia3...> >> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ >> Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ >> >> -- >> Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at >> www.glc.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Birders" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to birders+<unsubscribe...> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/CAFoKnJX33vRUysPLaBNVwUi_jvbNGfB0-qSooqwb9JoOWQX_%<2Bg...> >> <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/CAFoKnJX33vRUysPLaBNVwUi_jvbNGfB0-qSooqwb9JoOWQX_%<2Bg...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at www.glc.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Birders" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to birders+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/CAFoKnJUWDaQRjAqdjLggqwp-VkyzGN8RqndaS1s%<3Db8JO_igYww...>

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